STS AVIATION SERVICES UK LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-29 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-47.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£6M

-73.5% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

424

+6.3% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

-£21M

-607% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

STS AVIATION SERVICES UK LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£22,891,273	£41,108,444	—	£59,595,763	£44,191,406
Operating profit	—	£2,861,226	£3,442,483	—	£4,093,789	-£20,761,223
Profit before tax	—	£2,861,226	£3,442,483	—	£4,096,621	-£20,768,478
Net profit	—	£1,959,403	£2,538,681	—	£3,004,647	-£16,432,208
Cash	—	£847,860	£2,746,226	—	£3,629,820	£1,915,991
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£17,581,058	£20,425,601	—	£23,598,914	£5,959,894
Net assets	—	£16,804,774	£19,343,455	—	£22,348,102	£5,915,894
Equity	£14,845,371	£16,804,774	£19,343,455	£19,343,455	£22,348,102	£5,915,894
Average employees	—	158	279	—	399	424
Wages	—	£9,677,167	£15,942,772	—	£21,321,110	£25,698,312
Directors' remuneration	—	£454,953	£619,481	—	£940,631	£1,053,078

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

Turnover

-25.8%

£59,595,763 £44,191,406
Cash

-47.2%

£3,629,820 £1,915,991
Net assets

-73.5%

£22,348,102 £5,915,894

lowest in 4 filed years
Employees

+6.3%

399 424

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-607.1%

£4,093,789 -£20,761,223

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

-607%

£4,096,621 -£20,768,478

lowest in 4 filed years
Wages

+20.5%

£21,321,110 £25,698,312

highest in 4 filed years

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	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	12.5%	8.4%	—	6.9%	-47.0%
Net margin	—	8.6%	6.2%	—	5.0%	-37.2%
Return on capital employed	—	16.3%	16.9%	—	17.3%	-348.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	42.2%	86.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.56x	0.69x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	-2861.64x

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

STS AVIATION SERVICES UK LIMITED 2020-06-08 → present
APPLE AVIATION LIMITED 2010-03-11 → 2020-06-08

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Board has prepared detailed forecasts for a period of twelve-months post the signing of these financial statements, adjusting key assumptions and also incorporating significant contracts the company has secured. The Board have concluded that, after due consideration, there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Significant events

“A key milestone was achieved in 2024 with the maiden flight of the UK's first Boeing E7 aircraft.”

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

People

3 active · 15 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ANSON JNR, Philip Jay	Director	2025-10-31	Apr 1970	American
MORTON, Simon David	Director	2023-12-18	Oct 1966	British
SMITH, Donald Mark	Director	2020-03-13	Dec 1958	American

Show 15 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ADAMS, Michael John	Director	2020-03-13	2023-12-18
AINSWORTH, Michael	Director	2020-10-19	2021-06-01
ANSON, JR., Philip Jay	Director	2019-09-18	2020-03-27
BARTHOLOMEW, Ian	Director	2022-03-09	2025-05-06
DAY, Imogen Louise	Director	2022-03-09	2024-10-08
HUFF, Richard Lee	Director	2020-03-13	2025-10-31
LONGMAN, Bernard John, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2010-03-11
LONGMAN, Bernard John, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2020-03-23
MACKEY, Wallace John Chalmers	Director	2020-05-18	2022-04-25
PICKFORD, Simon John, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2020-03-23
PICKFORD, Simon John, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2010-03-11
PICKFORD, Tracy Marie	Director	2010-03-11	2010-03-11
WELSBY, Malcolm Stuart	Director	2020-05-18	2023-12-18
WHITTLESTONE, Scott, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2010-03-11
WHITTLESTONE, Scott, Mr.	Director	2010-03-11	2020-03-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Sts Aviation Europe Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2019-12-18	Active
Mr. Simon John Pickford	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2018-05-25	Ceased 2019-12-18
Mr. Scott Whittlestone	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-07-27	Ceased 2019-12-18
Mr. Bernard John Longman	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-07-27	Ceased 2019-12-18

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 92 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-12-16 MA Memorandum articles
2024-12-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-13	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-11-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-16	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-12-16	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-12-10	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-12-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-10-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-06-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-06-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-06-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 2

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

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