NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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

• Turnover

  -13%

  £1,029,500,000 → £895,700,000

• Cash

  -21.2%

  £91,100,000 → £71,800,000

• Net assets

  -9.6%

  £773,800,000 → £699,700,000

• Employees

  +5.4%

  3,378 → 3,561

• Operating profit

  -49.1%

  £381,600,000 → £194,300,000

• Profit before tax

  -44%

  £397,000,000 → £222,300,000

• Wages

  +8.5%

  £296,500,000 → £321,800,000

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

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.

1. NATS (EN ROUTE) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2003-06-30 → present
2. NATS (EN ROUTE) LIMITED 2001-02-01 → 2003-06-30
3. 3216TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-12-21 → 2001-02-01

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

EY LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“We have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Significant events

• “The statutory profit before tax of £222.3m (2024: £397.0m) is £174.7m lower than last year's result, which is in line with expectations.”
• “Last year's result included a one-off amount of £123.3m to align cumulative revenue with the CAA's decision on the value of the Covid income shortfall NATS (En Route) plc (NERL) is entitled to recover.”
• “On an adjusted basis, this year's result is £51.4m lower than last year overall.”
• “The company's cash flows, measured on a debt-adjusted basis, were more closely aligned with the result reflecting improved revenue receipts and the ongoing recovery of the Covid income shortfall, as well as lower pension and tax payments.”
• “The Board resumed dividend payments this year, the first since November 2019 and their pause during Covid and the subsequent recovery.”
• “Average delay per en route flight improved to 4.4 seconds meeting the CAA target of 8.3 seconds (2024: 8.8 secs/flight against a target of 8.5).”
• “We continued to decarbonise our estate, investing in solar arrays at our main air traffic control centres and we were rated by Best Companies as a 'Very Good Company to Work For' following employees' responses to our latest b-heard engagement survey.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.