AIRQUEE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.4m
+10.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
249
-22.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1m
-25.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,536,732 | £13,786,893 | £11,602,656 | -15.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,730,385 | £1,496,723 | £996,358 | -33.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,568,803 | £1,340,400 | £1,001,315 | -25.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,396,103 | £1,177,910 | £1,098,045 | -6.8% | |
| Cash | £2,328,611 | £1,593,282 | £1,572,546 | -1.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,796,910 | £8,658,650 | £9,495,483 | +9.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,588,298 | £8,525,652 | £9,409,537 | +10.4% | |
| Equity | £7,588,298 | £8,525,652 | £9,409,537 | +10.4% | |
| Average employees | 258 | 323 | 249 | -22.9% | |
| Wages | £3,863,448 | £4,733,693 | £4,171,247 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £373,663 | £312,367 | £283,970 | -9.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £15,569 | £19,948 | £21,969 | +10.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £198,923 | £232,578 | £198,012 | -14.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.8% | 10.9% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 8.5% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.2% | 17.3% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.2% | 25.0% | 20.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.57x | 3.56x | 4.22x | |
| Interest cover | 94.78x | 76.25x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AIRQUEE LIMITED 2003-04-01 → present
- THE INFLATABLE FAN COMPANY LIMITED 1995-11-22 → 2003-04-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- AIRQUEE LIMITED · parent
- Airquee SRL 94%
- Airquee Ireland Limited 100%
- Airquee (NI) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Airquee (NI) Limited was dissolved on 5 May 2026.”
- “Airquee Europe B.V. has now been dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTELL, Philip | Director | 2014-03-27 | May 1980 | British |
| JOHN, Mark | Director | 2006-07-18 | Mar 1980 | British |
| SUTTON, Antony | Director | 2022-07-16 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Rosemary Vivien | Secretary | 1998-01-31 | 1999-11-01 |
| DOWNEY, Diane | Secretary | 2000-12-04 | 2004-01-31 |
| GIBBS, Emma Jane | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2000-12-04 |
| MADDOCK, Martyn John | Secretary | 2005-04-22 | 2010-06-30 |
| MADDOCK, Phillip | Secretary | 2004-11-13 | 2005-04-21 |
| MOSSMAN, Peter Lawrence | Secretary | 2004-01-31 | 2004-08-01 |
| OVENDEN, Joanne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2004-06-22 | 2004-11-13 |
| SCOTT, Martin Howard | Secretary | 1996-12-17 | 1998-01-31 |
| WIDDAS, Jeremy Neil | Secretary | 1995-11-22 | 1996-12-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-22 | 1995-11-22 |
| CHRISTIE, Robert James | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-06-03 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Trevor | Director | 1995-11-22 | 1997-08-21 |
| FRANCIS, Andrew Charles | Director | 1997-08-21 | 2005-01-07 |
| HARRIS, Graham | Director | 1997-03-01 | 1997-08-21 |
| MADDOCK, Phillip | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2016-10-28 |
| MCIVOR, Kerry | Director | 2014-03-27 | 2018-11-21 |
| WONNACOTT, Frederick Francis Michael | Director | 1998-01-15 | 2001-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark John | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-11-30 | Active |
| Maddock Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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