Aircraft Engineering Services Limited
Registered name: AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
Aircraft Engineering Services Limited made £43.2m revenue and £438k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Aircraft Engineering Services Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £43.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £438k profit and 502 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft” and is based in Stansted; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stansted, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £27.7m | £37.1m | £43.2m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £26.2m | £35.9m | £42m |
| Gross profit | £868k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £323k | £890k | £368k | £581k |
| Profit before tax | £320k | £884k | £369k | £586k |
| Profit after tax | £241k | £704k | £277k | £438k |
| Profit (best available) | £241k | £704k | £277k | £438k |
| Staff costs | £16m | £23.1m | £31.5m | £38.4m |
| Employees (average) | 299 | 330 | 417 | 502 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 4.8% | 5.2% | 3.3% | 2.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.4k | £83.9k | £89k | £86.1k |
| Profit per employee | £807 | £2.1k | £664 | £872 |
| Cash conversion | −185.8% | −166.6% | −367.9% | −136.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.4% | ▲34.2% | ▲16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲192% | ▼60.7% | ▲58% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲26.4% | ▲20.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £186k | £718k | £819k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £87.2k | £206k | £363k | £441k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £3.7m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £263k | £1.1m | £984k | £691k |
| Cash from operations | −£600k | −£1.5m | −£1.4m | −£794k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £872
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −136.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 502
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £441k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £438k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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