AEROTRON COMPOSITES LIMITED
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Cash
£274k
+35.4% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£10m
+10.6% vs 2024
Employees
106
-6.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£763k
+57.7% highest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,077,071 | £4,136,460 | £4,633,321 | £6,250,774 | £6,580,263 | £8,210,221 | +24.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,898,423 | -£2,183,266 | -£2,157,447 | -£1,882,454 | -£1,123,218 | -£104,404 | +90.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,168,301 | -£2,606,599 | -£2,696,983 | -£2,553,694 | -£1,801,999 | -£762,570 | +57.7% | |
| Net profit | -£3,168,301 | -£2,606,599 | -£1,630,983 | -£65,357 | -£1,801,999 | £1,215,045 | +167.4% | |
| Cash | £107,399 | £57,026 | £113,393 | £115,414 | £202,439 | £274,102 | +35.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,915,240 | £4,050,238 | £4,330,734 | £4,581,653 | £2,002,166 | £2,773,369 | +38.5% | |
| Net assets | -£5,313,268 | -£7,919,867 | -£9,550,850 | -£9,616,207 | -£11,418,206 | -£10,203,161 | +10.6% | |
| Equity | -£5,313,268 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 65 | 92 | 102 | 102 | 113 | 106 | -6.2% | |
| Wages | £2,201,933 | £2,831,643 | £3,194,395 | £3,057,341 | £3,708,449 | £3,489,104 | -5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £221,002 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £130,898 | £124,321 | £144,186 | +16% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -94.2% | -52.8% | -46.6% | -30.1% | -17.1% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | -103.0% | -63.0% | -35.2% | -1.0% | -27.4% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -74.0% | -53.9% | -49.8% | -41.1% | -56.1% | -3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 198.1% | 252.5% | 279.9% | 274.2% | 301.5% | 264.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.96x | 1.20x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | -10.74x | -5.16x | -4.00x | -2.80x | -1.65x | -0.16x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has relied on the support of the group and fellow subsidiary companies in order to meet its working capital requirements. The directors have confirmed the intention, ability and willingness of the group companies, to continue maintain financial support to enable the company to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “Significant extension work to the occupied property has been completed in 2025 and will be fully operational by mid-way through 2026 which will considerably increase manufacturing capacity and is expected to increase the profitability of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODALL, Kevin | Director | 2020-07-21 | Jun 1956 | British |
| LESLIE, Andrew John Drever | Director | 2019-02-27 | Oct 1981 | British |
| WESTLEY, Anthony Maurice | Director | 2019-02-27 | Aug 1946 | British |
| WESTLEY, Mark Peter | Director | 2019-02-27 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WESTLEY, Neil Anthony | Director | 2019-02-27 | Oct 1970 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRBRASS, Keith Anthony | Director | 2019-02-27 | 2020-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew John Drever Leslie | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-27 | Ceased 2020-03-12 |
| Mr Keith Anthony Fairbrass | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-27 | Ceased 2020-03-12 |
| Total Aircraft Product Support (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2019-02-27 | Active |
| Mr Neil Anthony Westley | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-03-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.