ACRON AVIATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
-17% vs 2023
Net assets
£40m
+9.8% vs 2023
Employees
323
+8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£39m
-198.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As such, this circumstance indicates the existence of a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-01-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,310,000 | £123,977,000 | +10.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,193,000 | £5,514,000 | +151.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £39,382,000 | -£38,715,000 | -198.3% | |
| Net profit | £39,516,000 | -£38,720,000 | -198% | |
| Cash | £17,894,000 | £14,851,000 | -17% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,432,000 | £45,876,000 | +8.1% | |
| Net assets | £36,512,000 | £40,091,000 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £36,512,000 | £40,091,000 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 299 | 323 | +8% | |
| Wages | £24,866,000 | £27,177,000 | +9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £466,000 | £255,000 | -45.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,000 | £0 | -100% | |
| Highest paid director | £466,000 | £255,000 | -45.3% |
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 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 35.2% | -31.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.2% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.8% | 71.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 2.19x | 3.28x |
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 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-11
- ACRON AVIATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2025-04-11 → present
- L3HARRIS COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2022-01-11 → 2025-04-11
- L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2017-04-28 → 2022-01-11
- L-3 COMMUNICATIONS LINK SIMULATION AND TRAINING UK LIMITED 2012-03-29 → 2017-04-28
- L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LIMITED 2006-12-12 → 2012-03-29
- L-3 COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PLC 2006-05-12 → 2006-12-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As such, this circumstance indicates the existence of a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that may cast doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ACRON AVIATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Acron Aviation Academy UK Limited 100%
- Airline Placement Limited 100%
- L3 CTS Airline Academy (NZ) Limited 100%
- Acron Aviation Anayltics, Inc. 100%
- Acron Aviation Analytics Limited 100%
- Acron Aviation (Beijing) Technology Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 28 March 2025, the sale of L3Harris Technologies Inc.'s Commercial Aviation Solutions business to the private equity firm The Jordan Company (TJC) was completed. Following the transaction, the company changed its legal name to Acron Aviation Training Solutions Limited.”
- “A decision was made during the 2024 financial year to wind-down the Cadet Training business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Alan Edward | Secretary | 2025-03-28 | — | — |
| CRAWFORD, Alan Edward | Director | 2014-04-21 | Mar 1982 | Australian |
| GLOVER-FAURE, Robin George | Director | 2018-02-22 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Secretary | 2006-05-12 | 2006-05-16 |
| CAMBRIA, Christopher | Secretary | 2006-05-16 | 2009-01-23 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-04 | 2023-11-22 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-08 | 2025-03-28 |
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Director | 2006-05-12 | 2006-05-16 |
| AZMON, Dan Yaakov | Director | 2009-12-11 | 2012-11-16 |
| BENDALL, Nicholas William | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2017-09-27 |
| CAMBRIA, Christopher | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2009-01-23 |
| COLBEY, Kenneth Lee | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2014-11-06 |
| COLLINS, Craig Timothy | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2021-07-29 |
| COOK, Ronald | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2019-09-20 |
| COTTRELL, Kevin | Director | 2014-11-06 | 2018-02-22 |
| D'AMBROSIO, Ralph | Director | 2009-03-30 | 2009-11-24 |
| DALLSINGH, Ashton | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2020-11-13 |
| GASSON, Mark | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2014-04-21 |
| GAUTIER, Todd Winston | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2022-05-17 |
| GENNA, Leonard | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2017-04-01 |
| KANTOR, Steven | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2017-04-01 |
| LANZA, Frank Carmello | Director | 2006-05-16 | 2006-06-06 |
| PETERS, Sheila | Director | 2006-05-12 | 2006-05-16 |
| WAHL, Stephen Francis | Director | 2014-04-21 | 2018-04-30 |
| WEINGAST, Matthew Steven | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2025-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acron Aviation Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-17 | Active |
| L3harris Unlimited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-26 | Ceased 2021-12-17 |
| L3harris Technologies Cts Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-09 | Ceased 2020-12-26 |
| L-3 Global Holding Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-11 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-01 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2026-04-21 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-11 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.