3TOP Aviation Services Limited
Registered name: 3TOP AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED
3TOP Aviation Services Limited made £66.8m revenue and £6.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
3TOP Aviation Services Limited’s revenue grew 75% to £66.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £6.8m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Leatherhead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leatherhead, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £19m | £38.1m | £66.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £18.8m | £36m | £56.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £125k | £2m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.1m | £283k | £7.3m |
| Profit before tax | £391k | −£1.5m | £2.9m | £9.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.5m | £2.6m | £6.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £391k | −£1.5m | £2.6m | £6.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £537k | £786k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 9 | 13 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −7.7% | 6.7% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 0.7% | 5.3% | 15.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.1m | £2.9m | £4.5m |
| Profit per employee | £78.3k | −£161k | £197k | £456k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 420.4% | 49.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲100.6% | ▲75.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼471.2% | — | ▲167.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲80% | ▲44.4% | ▲15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £301k | £2.4m | £7m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £141k | £2.2m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5k | £3k | £16k | £12.3k |
| Current assets | £10m | £6.3m | £7.9m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £8.8k | £425k | £1.9m | £440k |
| Deferred income | — | £96k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | — | £211k | £1.2m | £3.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £456k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 49.3%
- 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
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲286%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲196%
- Now £7m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £12.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £6.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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