DEA AVIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-51.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
-20.5% vs 2024
Employees
164
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-205.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,096,000 | £22,099,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,761,000 | -£1,001,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,612,000 | -£2,747,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,381,000 | -£1,899,000 | |
| Cash | £2,838,000 | £1,372,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,995,000 | £23,762,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,408,000 | £6,682,000 | |
| Equity | £8,408,000 | £6,682,000 | |
| Average employees | 165 | 164 | |
| Wages | £8,068,000 | £5,704,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £214,000 | £216,000 |
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
-
Turnover
-46.2%
£41,096,000 £22,099,000
-
Cash
-51.7%
£2,838,000 £1,372,000
-
Net assets
-20.5%
£8,408,000 £6,682,000
-
Employees
-0.6%
165 164
-
Operating profit
-126.6%
£3,761,000 -£1,001,000
-
Profit before tax
-205.2%
£2,612,000 -£2,747,000
-
Wages
-29.3%
£8,068,000 £5,704,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | -4.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | -8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.1% | -4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.6% | 86.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.60x | |
| Interest cover | 3.14x | -0.56x |
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
- DEA AVIATION LIMITED 2017-12-22 → present
- DIAMOND EXECUTIVE AVIATION LIMITED 2006-03-03 → 2017-12-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and associated sensitivity analysis for the period beyond 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, which indicate that, in all reasonable scenarios, the Company will be able to operate within the group banking facilities and meet its liabilities as they fall due. As a result, at the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Thus, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In December 2024 a further tranche of growth funding was approved and the facility entered into September 2023 increased substantially.”
- “On 25 March 2025 the group completed a restructuring which was an EMI share option scheme qualifying event and the accounting and disclosures in respect of these Share Based Payments, which included accelerated exceptional vesting charges, have been made in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Gerald Charles John | Director | 2015-07-31 | Nov 1970 | British |
| CUCKSEY, Richard Alan | Director | 2015-07-31 | Jun 1972 | British |
| HART, Paul Robert | Director | 2026-04-30 | Aug 1964 | British |
| O'CONNELL, Gavin Michael | Director | 2026-04-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
| PATOUNAS, Richard Paul Georges | Director | 2017-02-24 | May 1970 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONDAR, Maureen Ann | Secretary | 2010-01-01 | 2015-01-16 |
| DAWES, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2006-04-04 | 2006-04-05 |
| RASTALL, Andrew | Secretary | 2006-04-05 | 2009-10-01 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-03-03 | 2006-03-03 |
| ALLEN, Joanna Claire | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2025-10-31 |
| BANKS-COOPER, Simon Andrew | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2023-03-23 |
| BEATTIE, Graeme | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2023-03-23 |
| BONDAR, Maureen Ann | Director | 2011-12-09 | 2012-09-29 |
| BONDAR, Peter | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2016-09-08 |
| CORTAZZI, William Julian | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2023-03-23 |
| DAWES, Christopher Paul | Director | 2006-04-05 | 2018-03-31 |
| ENGLISH, John Simon Campbell | Director | 2011-12-09 | 2016-10-19 |
| KING, Mark Andrew | Director | 2020-04-01 | 2023-03-23 |
| RASTALL, Andrew | Director | 2006-08-22 | 2009-01-24 |
| RASTALL, Andrew | Director | 2006-03-03 | 2006-04-05 |
| RIASTALL, Andrew | Director | 2006-04-04 | 2006-04-05 |
| TURLEY, Stephen William | Director | 2014-01-27 | 2023-03-23 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-03-03 | 2006-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dea Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.