Skyborne Aviation Training Limited
Registered name: SKYBORNE AVIATION TRAINING LIMITED
Part of Skyborne Aviation Group Limited groupSkyborne Aviation Training Limited made £28.7m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Skyborne Aviation Training Limited’s revenue grew 131% to £28.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.4m | £28.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.2m | £18.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | — | −£872k | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£864k | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£864k | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 62 | 84 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −7% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.8% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £200k | £341k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£13.9k | £29.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲131.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.2% | ▲35.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £928k | £1.8m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | −£5.1m | −£6m | −£3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.5m | £7.3m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £9.2m | £20.4m |
| Debtors | £226k | £2.1m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £6.6m | £12.2m | £20m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £341k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 69.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲191%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- ▲35%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲64%
- Now £20m
- Fixed assets
- ▲195%
- Now £7.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skyborne Aviation Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Skyborne Aviation Training Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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