Prestwick Aircraft Maintenance Ltd
Registered name: PRESTWICK AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LTD
Prestwick Aircraft Maintenance Ltd made £44.3m revenue and £120k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Prestwick Aircraft Maintenance Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £44.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £120k profit and 721 employees. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to air transportation” and is based in Prestwick Airport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Prestwick Airport, Scotland
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “Mr & Mrs Cunningham”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.5m | £32m | £41.4m | £44.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.3m | £31.8m | £41.1m | £44m |
| Gross profit | £158k | £168k | £382k | £267k |
| Operating profit | £92.9k | £16.1k | £306k | £152k |
| Profit before tax | £93k | £16.1k | £306k | £152k |
| Profit after tax | £74.7k | £14.2k | £230k | £120k |
| Profit (best available) | £74.7k | £14.2k | £230k | £120k |
| Staff costs | £21.2m | £26.9m | £35.8m | £39.3m |
| Employees (average) | 473 | 520 | 652 | 721 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.8k | £61.6k | £63.6k | £61.4k |
| Profit per employee | £158 | £27 | £352 | £166 |
| Cash conversion | −331.6% | −4015% | −111.9% | −60.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.7% | ▲29.5% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81% | ▲1515% | ▼47.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲25.4% | ▲10.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £825k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £158k | £126k | £195k | £167k |
| Fixed assets | £4.8k | £0 | £0 | £24k |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £4.2k | £314k | £189k | £385k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £7.5k | £0 | £74.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£308k | −£647k | −£343k | −£91.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £166
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −60.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £167k
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 721
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £74.8k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £24k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £120k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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