WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£27M
Equity attributable
Employees
506
Average over period
Profit before tax
£9M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,687,932 | £109,168,735 | |
| Operating profit | £4,499,222 | £6,512,058 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,758,235 | £9,018,531 | |
| Net profit | £5,328,309 | £7,264,792 | |
| Cash | £5,671,993 | £1,432,327 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,350,217 | £30,678,572 | |
| Net assets | £20,038,690 | £27,303,482 | |
| Equity | £20,038,690 | £27,303,482 | |
| Average employees | 423 | 506 | |
| Wages | £26,731,171 | £26,278,811 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £469,572 | £411,337 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.1% | 21.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.72x | |
| Interest cover | 30.62x | 123.94x |
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
- WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES LIMITED 2005-10-05 → present
- SFS SOCIETE DE FRET ET DE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1999-12-02 → 2005-10-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis as the directors are satisfied that the company has the resource to continue in business for the foreseeable future (which has been taken as 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements). In making this assessment, the directors have considered a wide range of information relating to present and future conditions, including the current state of the balance sheet, future projections of profitability, cash flows and the longer-term strategy of the business and any potential impact of economic and/or political events. The company's forecasts and projections show that it will be able to operate with adequate levels of liquidity and self-fund itself for the foreseeable future, and the directors believe that the company has sufficient resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Dunwoody Airline Services Limited 60%
- Worldwide Flight Services Fueling (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Dunwoody USA LLC 60%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETERSEN, Etienne | Secretary | 2022-10-11 | — | — |
| BATTEN, John Andrew | Director | 2019-03-12 | Aug 1960 | British |
| BEALE, Christopher Campbell | Director | 2025-03-10 | Nov 1960 | British |
| MIRALLIE, Francois Jean Pierre | Director | 2016-11-17 | May 1962 | French |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENHALGH, Steven | Secretary | 2019-03-12 | 2020-09-30 |
| GREENHALGH, Steven | Secretary | 2006-07-18 | 2016-07-27 |
| ROBERTS, Patrick Ian | Secretary | 2004-01-27 | 2006-07-18 |
| SAGOO, Randeep Singh | Secretary | 2020-09-30 | 2022-10-11 |
| SINCLAIR, Stewart James | Secretary | 1999-12-02 | 2004-01-27 |
| JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-07-27 | 2018-04-11 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-12-02 | 1999-12-02 |
| BIJAOUI, Olivier Philippe Auguste | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2016-07-11 |
| CARMODY, Paul Leonard | Director | 2020-08-24 | 2025-03-10 |
| CHADHA, Sami | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2002-08-16 |
| GOUEDARD, Jean Francois | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2004-12-16 |
| GREENHALGH, Steven | Director | 2016-11-17 | 2020-09-30 |
| MARCHAND ARPOUME, Jean Pierre | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2006-09-11 |
| ROBERTS, Patrick Ian | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2019-02-28 |
| SINCLAIR, Stewart James | Director | 1999-12-02 | 2004-01-27 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-12-02 | 1999-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sats Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-04-04 | Ceased 2026-05-07 |
| Mr Stephen Feinberg | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2018-10-02 | Ceased 2023-04-03 |
| Mr Tom Tewfic Gores | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-05-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.