HEATHROW AIRPORT FUEL COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
-21.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+15.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.5m
+36% highest 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 | £11,651,000 | £12,417,000 | £12,766,000 | +2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,828,000 | £4,066,000 | £5,365,000 | +31.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,643,000 | £4,025,000 | £5,475,000 | +36% | |
| Net profit | £3,040,000 | £3,028,000 | £3,960,000 | +30.8% | |
| Cash | £5,804,000 | £6,156,000 | £4,823,000 | -21.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,050,000 | £10,949,000 | £12,646,000 | +15.5% | |
| Net assets | £10,189,000 | £10,949,000 | £12,646,000 | +15.5% | |
| Equity | £10,189,000 | £10,949,000 | £12,646,000 | +15.5% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,000 | £184,000 | — | — |
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 | 32.9% | 32.7% | 42.0% | |
| Net margin | 26.1% | 24.4% | 31.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.3% | 37.1% | 42.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.2% | 32.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.91x | 7.09x | |
| Interest cover | 10.66x | 17.91x | — |
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
- HEATHROW AIRPORT FUEL COMPANY LIMITED 1996-07-10 → present
- SETCALL LIMITED 1996-04-23 → 1996-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHELL CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-05-22 | — | — |
| ALBERTS, Anna Helena Margien | Director | 2025-07-26 | Apr 1988 | Dutch |
| CHAU, Garr, Dr | Director | 2023-12-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| ELNAGGAR, Ahmed | Director | 2023-02-20 | May 1994 | Egyptian |
| GREGSON, Robert James Errol, Mr. | Director | 2025-11-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| HARRIS, Nicola | Director | 2024-10-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| HAYWARD, Mark Stephen | Director | 2017-10-20 | Oct 1979 | British |
| STEWART, Deborah | Director | 2023-11-03 | Oct 1971 | British |
| STRIDE, James | Director | 2023-07-21 | Apr 1978 | British |
| WORKMAN, Mark James | Director | 2023-09-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHAN, Charles James | Secretary | 1998-11-30 | 2000-05-22 |
| WATSON, Deirdre Mary Alison | Secretary | 1996-05-30 | 1998-11-30 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-23 | 1996-05-30 |
| ALLEN, Christopher Mark | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-02-20 |
| ASTON, Christopher David | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| BRIGGS, Michael Dominic | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| BUXTON, John Peter | Director | 2012-12-06 | 2014-08-19 |
| BUXTON, John Peter | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| CHRISTOPOULOS, Michael Jason | Director | 2020-12-07 | 2022-01-01 |
| CHUBB, Andrew Steven | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2007-03-01 |
| COLLINS, Timothy | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2007-07-01 |
| COOPER, John Hardy | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2001-02-01 |
| CROWE, Richard Alan | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2012-01-31 |
| DANIELS, Jonathan Marc | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2012-05-03 |
| DAVIES, Toby Benjamin | Director | 2020-09-22 | 2023-07-21 |
| DAVIES, Toby Benjamin | Director | 2011-11-09 | 2018-12-17 |
| DUBENSKI, Paul Jerzy | Director | 2011-12-15 | 2012-04-01 |
| DUBENSKI, Paul Jerzy | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2009-05-14 |
| DUBENSKI, Paul Jerzy | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2008-11-06 |
| EASTON, Alan Murray | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-01-04 |
| FAGE, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2004-09-03 |
| FINCH, Robert William | Director | 2004-09-03 | 2006-04-07 |
| GERMAN, Michael Edward | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2005-02-16 |
| GINSBURGER, Agnes | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2025-11-01 |
| GUY, Victoria Jane | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2025-07-26 |
| HAMMOND, Jonathan Guy | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Nicola | Director | 2024-07-15 | 2024-08-04 |
| HARRISON, Ian Courtenay, Dr | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2008-11-06 |
| HAUFF, David Mark | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2009-06-01 |
| HENDERSON, Mary Marshall | Director | 2012-12-06 | 2019-02-28 |
| HESLOP, Stanley William | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-03-10 |
| HOGAN, Francis Christopher | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2013-08-01 |
| HONE, Rupert Leland Agnar, Mr. | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2020-09-21 |
| HOWLEY, Patrick | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2023-12-01 |
| HUCK, Philippe Christian, Director | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2021-11-30 |
| IBRAHIM, Amir Saadeddin | Director | 2009-05-14 | 2012-04-01 |
| ISHOLA, Oluyemisi Funmilola | Director | 2025-02-04 | 2025-02-05 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2009-11-18 | 2014-01-01 |
| JONES, Richard Aled | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2009-11-18 |
| JORDAN, Peter Frank | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2002-07-01 |
| KIRK, Michael John | Director | 2003-11-15 | 2010-02-22 |
| KIRK, Michael John | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-03-10 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2016-10-26 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2003-01-01 |
| MCMILLAN, John | Director | 1996-05-30 | 2001-01-19 |
| MITTELMAN, Stanislas | Director | 2006-02-07 | 2007-03-01 |
| NEWTON, Stephen Jonathan | Director | 2014-08-20 | 2019-07-11 |
| O'KELLY, Michael Kevin | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2005-05-01 |
| PULLINGER, David William, Dr | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2010-05-13 |
| SCANLAN, Richard John | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2005-07-01 |
| SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| SPURLING, Simon | Director | 1996-05-30 | 2006-04-30 |
| SQUITIERI, Riccardo | Director | 2019-07-11 | 2026-04-07 |
| SQUITIERI, Riccardo | Director | 2019-02-28 | 2019-06-13 |
| STACEY, Calum James | Director | 2019-01-04 | 2021-09-06 |
| STIQUEL, Philippe | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2006-02-07 |
| STOKES, Darran Bradley | Director | 2012-05-03 | 2015-11-19 |
| STOREY, Duncan Alastair | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2012-12-05 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Charles Francis | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2020-12-07 |
| VOWELL, Paul William | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2019-01-01 |
| WARD, Colin John | Director | 2001-01-19 | 2002-01-07 |
| WATKINS, Neil Richard | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2017-10-20 |
| WELCH, Mark Bradley | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2006-01-03 |
| WELLS, Andrew David | Director | 2003-03-10 | 2003-11-15 |
| WESLEY, Richard | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2009-11-18 |
| WESTERMAN, Paul | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-10-01 |
| ZAIN, Sarmad | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2023-09-01 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-23 | 1996-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait Petroleum International Aviation Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-06-28 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Bp International Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Valero Energy Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Shell U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Esso Petroleum Company Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
| Total Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.