DEVON AIR AMBULANCE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-16
Watchouts
Cash
£221K
+21.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+56% vs 2023
Employees
67
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+24.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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8 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,219,778 | £10,146,305 | |
| Operating profit | £1,347,759 | £1,555,184 | |
| Profit before tax | £841,294 | £1,048,126 | |
| Net profit | £841,294 | £1,048,126 | |
| Cash | £181,173 | £220,770 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,415,552 | £4,884,781 | |
| Net assets | £1,015,095 | £1,583,221 | |
| Equity | £1,015,095 | £1,583,221 | |
| Average employees | 63 | 67 | |
| Wages | £3,210,631 | £4,002,779 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £190,871 | £171,917 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+10%
£9,219,778 £10,146,305
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Cash
+21.9%
£181,173 £220,770
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Net assets
+56%
£1,015,095 £1,583,221
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Employees
+6.3%
63 67
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Operating profit
+15.4%
£1,347,759 £1,555,184
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Profit before tax
+24.6%
£841,294 £1,048,126
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Wages
+24.7%
£3,210,631 £4,002,779
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.9% | 31.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | 2.66x | 3.07x |
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
- DEVON AIR AMBULANCE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-04-18 → present
- BARNCREST NO.81 LIMITED 1999-11-12 → 2000-04-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“This analysis has identified no material uncertainty in relation to going concern. ...the board's expectation is that it will continue to operate for at least the next 12 months. On that basis they consider the going concern basis to be appropriate for the company.”
Significant events
- “2024 can be seen as a significant success with more patients being treated than ever before and the excellent service provision continuing, as reflected by the outstanding rating provided by our first Care Quality Commission ('CQC') review in 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWES, David Robert | Secretary | 2014-12-16 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Gregory Charles | Director | 2025-04-02 | Nov 1969 | British |
| CRAMP, Anthony Michael | Director | 2022-09-22 | Dec 1964 | British |
| DISMORE, Oliver Michael Charles | Director | 2023-03-08 | Mar 1958 | British |
| HAWES, David Robert | Director | 2019-06-06 | Jul 1981 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLANVILLE, Lawrence George | Secretary | 2007-06-13 | 2007-06-13 |
| TUPPER, Stephen John | Secretary | 2007-12-12 | 2014-12-16 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-11-12 | 2007-12-12 |
| APPELBOAM, Andrew Vernon | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2016-10-28 |
| BEBBINGTON, Ryan | Director | 2023-11-28 | 2025-07-22 |
| BELL, Martin Roy | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2025-07-22 |
| BELL, Matthew James | Director | 2023-06-13 | 2025-07-22 |
| CREER, Caroline Mary | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2022-10-21 |
| DEASY, Graham John Denis | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2000-10-31 |
| DENTON, Simon Mark | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2019-11-07 |
| DIXON, Edward Patrick | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2022-06-01 |
| FORD, Susie | Director | 2002-07-22 | 2008-02-13 |
| FORTUNE, Ian Anthony | Director | 2025-04-02 | 2025-08-15 |
| GLANVILLE, Lawrence George | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2012-02-22 |
| HARE, Nigel Gordon | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2024-05-31 |
| HEMINGWAY, Ross | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2025-08-15 |
| HOLMES, Adina | Director | 2010-08-04 | 2015-12-01 |
| HOLT, Helena | Director | 2007-10-10 | 2025-03-31 |
| HUDSON, Anthony John, Dr | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2020-12-10 |
| HUMPHRIES, Lisa Anne | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2016-02-11 |
| LOMAS, Hugh John | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2018-06-08 |
| LUCAS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2023-11-28 | 2025-03-04 |
| NYE, Jillian | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2025-07-22 |
| PAVER, Lyn | Director | 2002-07-22 | 2007-07-13 |
| PAYNE, Ian James | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2021-10-31 |
| PROBERT, Edmund Arthur Whitmore | Director | 2012-02-22 | 2021-03-31 |
| PROWSE, David Laurence | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2024-12-11 |
| RICHARDSON, William Anthony | Director | 2015-06-09 | 2023-03-07 |
| RUSH, Steven | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2024-09-05 |
| SALTER, Kevin Nigel | Director | 2000-03-28 | 2002-07-22 |
| SHOPLAND, Douglas Alexander | Director | 2007-06-13 | 2010-07-02 |
| SMITH, Becky | Director | 2025-04-02 | 2025-08-15 |
| STEEVENSON, Nicola Claire | Director | 2018-09-06 | 2025-07-22 |
| TYRRELL, Stephen James | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2019-11-08 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-12-22 | 2002-07-22 |
| FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-11-12 | 2000-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Air Ambulance Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 8
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.