BRADFORD SWISSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-35.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
211
+9.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+13.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,483,000 | £18,386,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,208,000 | £3,642,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,198,000 | £3,642,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,112,000 | £2,799,000 | |
| Cash | £7,818,000 | £5,034,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,174,000 | £2,973,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,174,000 | £2,973,000 | |
| Equity | £3,174,000 | £2,973,000 | |
| Average employees | 192 | 211 | |
| Wages | £10,105,000 | £10,927,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.5%
£16,483,000 £18,386,000
-
Cash
-35.6%
£7,818,000 £5,034,000
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£3,174,000 £2,973,000
-
Employees
+9.9%
192 211
-
Operating profit
+13.5%
£3,208,000 £3,642,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.9%
£3,198,000 £3,642,000
-
Wages
+8.1%
£10,105,000 £10,927,000
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 19.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.9% | 15.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 101.1% | 122.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.3% | 59.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.66x | |
| Interest cover | 320.80x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has considered the forecasts, downside sensitivities, and the cash resources available to the Company. It has determined that the actions it has taken and is open to taking in the future, should they be required, are sufficient to mitigate the uncertainty. Reflecting the Board's confidence, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company has an extended contract with Heathrow Airport which runs to January 2029, providing long-term revenue visibility and reaffirming Heathrow's confidence in the Company's performance and operational reliability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS, Melvin Bruce | Director | 2012-06-06 | Sep 1945 | American |
| COX, Karen | Director | 2023-04-21 | Jan 1974 | British |
| HARROP, Simon Martin | Director | 2023-10-16 | Nov 1981 | British |
| RICHTER, Benjamin Bradford | Director | 2012-06-06 | May 1966 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-06-06 | 2017-01-13 |
| BATTEN, John Andrew | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2013-08-31 |
| BERMINGHAM, David Patrick | Director | 2013-08-31 | 2014-03-05 |
| FOSETR, Philip Joseph | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2016-10-13 |
| GASKELL, Jason | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2021-02-26 |
| KAY, Benjamin Joseph Holme | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-07-17 |
| MCELROY, Liam James | Director | 2020-06-29 | 2021-08-20 |
| PRIESTLEY, Richard Paul | Director | 2013-08-31 | 2014-10-01 |
| WALLACE, Christopher Norman | Director | 2021-08-20 | 2023-10-16 |
| WATT, Thomas | Director | 2016-11-18 | 2017-06-01 |
| WINSTANLEY, Jude | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2023-04-21 |
| WIRTH, Luzius | Director | 2017-06-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| WRIGHT, Alan Craig | Director | 2012-06-06 | 2013-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swissport Cargo Services Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-04-06 | Active |
| Swissport Cargo Services Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-06 |
| Benjamin Bradford Richter | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.