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Company No. SC252985 · Incorporated 18 Jul 2003

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.

Full P&L filedSection H · Transportation and storageSIC 52230Service activities incidental to air transportation
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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£44.3m
Growth ▲6.9%
Profit
£120k
Growth ▼47.8%
Profit margin
0.3%
Gross 0.6%
Employees
721
Change ▲10.6%
Profit / employee
£166
Revenue/employee £61.4k
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 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)473520652721
Ratios
Profit margin0.3%0%0.5%0.3%
Gross margin0.6%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▼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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