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Company No. 03174790 · Incorporated 19 Mar 1996

Air Charter Travel Limited

Registered name: AIR CHARTER TRAVEL LIMITED

Part of Air Charter Travel Trustee Limited group

Air Charter Travel Limited made £32.9m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Air Charter Travel Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £32.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.1m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to air transportation” and is based in Gatwick; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 52230Service activities incidental to air transportation
Status
Active
Location
Gatwick, South East
Age
30 yrs · since 1996
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company was under the control of the director, S Williams throughout the current and previous year.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£32.9m
Growth ▲1.5%
Profit
£2.1m
Growth ▲33.3%
Profit margin
6.5%
Gross 12.9%
Employees
10
Change ▲11.1%
Profit / employee
£214k
Revenue/employee £3.3m
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£18.3m£29.4m£32.4m£32.9m
Cost of sales£15.4m£27.2m£28.9m£28.7m
Gross profit£2.8m£2.3m£3.5m£4.3m
Operating profit£1.6m£1.2m£2m£2.7m
Profit before tax£1.6m£1.2m£2.1m£2.9m
Profit after tax£1.3m£980k£1.6m£2.1m
Profit (best available)£1.3m£980k£1.6m£2.1m
Staff costs£975k£993k£1.1m£1.2m
Employees (average)99910
Ratios
Profit margin7.1%3.3%4.9%6.5%
Gross margin15.4%7.7%10.9%12.9%
Revenue per employee£2m£3.3m£3.6m£3.3m
Profit per employee£144k£109k£178k£214k
Cash conversion−141.9%−168.6%−147%−83.5%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲61.2%▲10.2%▲1.5%
Profit growth—▼24.2%▲63.5%▲33.3%
Headcount growth—0%0%▲11.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.4m£3.1m£4.7m£5m
Net assets£876k£981k£1.2m£2m
Fixed assets£11.1k£5.9k£4.2k£5.8k
Current assets£7.1m£11.4m£15.8m£12.7m
Debtors£3m£5.7m£6.2m£4.4m
Deferred income£5.1m£7.9m£9.7m£7.2m
Cash from operations−£2.3m−£2m−£3m−£2.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£3.3m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£214k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−83.5%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
21.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

Balance-sheet signals

Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.

Net assets
▲73%
Now £2m
Cash at bank
▲7%
Now £5m
Headcount
▲11%
Now 10
Deferred income
▼26%
Now £7.2m
Fixed assets
▲37%
Now £5.8k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Air Charter Travel Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
  2. Air Charter Travel Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Air Charter Travel Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026

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