H+S AVIATION LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6m
USD 4,903,000
+60.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37m
USD 49,666,000
+2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
143
-6.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
USD 5,069,000
-11.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company transferred its trade and assets to another group entity. As a result of this transfer, the directors consider that the Company has ceased trading. In accordance with FRS102, where an entity has ceased trading, the financial statements should not be prepared on the going concern basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,823,188 | £59,126,074 | £54,564,750 | -7.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,981,487 | £3,884,113 | £3,179,963 | -18.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,138,375 | £4,265,361 | £3,761,781 | -11.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,568,089 | £3,048,392 | £2,987,013 | -2% | |
| Cash | £1,000,941 | £2,272,365 | £3,638,590 | +60.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,180,420 | £36,680,197 | £37,369,202 | +1.9% | |
| Net assets | £34,621,901 | £36,117,479 | £36,857,885 | +2% | |
| Equity | £34,621,901 | £36,117,479 | £36,857,885 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 180 | 153 | 143 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | £8,213,837 | £7,433,938 | £6,541,002 | -12% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 6.6% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 5.2% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 10.6% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.4% | 43.3% | 32.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.75x | 2.95x | 3.94x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- H+S AVIATION LIMITED 2015-10-26 → present
- H & S AVIATION LIMITED 1987-01-01 → 2015-10-26
- HANTS AND SUSSEX AVIATION LIMITED 1946-10-23 → 1987-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company transferred its trade and assets to another group entity. As a result of this transfer, the directors consider that the Company has ceased trading. In accordance with FRS102, where an entity has ceased trading, the financial statements should not be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2026, the Company's trade, assets and related activities were transferred to Vector Aerospace International Limited, a fellow subsidiary undertaking within the StandardAero group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSEBOROUGH, Diane | Secretary | 2021-07-01 | — | — |
| KANE, Shannon, Director | Director | 2023-10-10 | Mar 1978 | Canadian |
| KAPLAN, Michael L. | Director | 2026-09-16 | Oct 1968 | American |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, John Ernest Ridley | Secretary | 1997-04-11 | 2001-03-01 |
| BARKER, John Ernest Ridley | Secretary | 1993-03-01 | 1994-10-03 |
| FIELDING, Kelly | Secretary | 1994-10-03 | 1995-12-22 |
| LYNN, Geoffrey John | Secretary | — | 1993-03-01 |
| MARTIN, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2006-02-24 | 2016-03-30 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Gillian Lisa | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2006-02-24 |
| RICHARDSON, Karen | Secretary | 1994-10-03 | 1996-12-06 |
| BLAW DUCTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-12-06 | 1997-04-11 |
| ARCHER, William Richard Valentine | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| BARKER, John Ernest Ridley | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2001-03-01 |
| BONDER, William James | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| BUEHLER, Kurt Lawrence | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2006-04-07 |
| DERBY, George Franklin | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2001-08-31 |
| DODSON, Richard | Director | 1998-03-09 | 2001-02-28 |
| DONLAN, James Patrick | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2005-06-16 |
| EMMS, Paul Francis Nicholas | Director | — | 1994-02-15 |
| FAWKES, Brent | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-10-11 |
| FISCHER, Andrew Olaf | Director | 1996-12-06 | 1998-03-09 |
| FISHER, Ian | Director | 1996-12-06 | 1998-03-09 |
| FLETCHER, Alan Thomas | Director | 1996-12-06 | 1998-03-09 |
| HEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| HEWETT, Peter John | Director | — | 1996-12-06 |
| JERAM, Matthew Robert | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2021-07-01 |
| JOHNSTONE, Mark Robin | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2018-12-03 |
| JUPP, Philip Arthur | Director | 2017-08-02 | 2021-07-01 |
| LYNN, Geoffrey John | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2016-03-30 |
| MCELROY, Hugh | Director | 2018-12-03 | 2021-07-01 |
| MCELROY, Hugh Edward | Director | 2006-04-07 | 2012-12-31 |
| MCROBERT, David Malcolm | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2000-01-31 |
| NIGHTINGALE, Gillian Lisa | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-02-24 |
| ROBINSON, Alan Charles | Director | — | 2002-12-31 |
| RUSSELL, Anthony Lorraine | Director | — | 1998-09-30 |
| SATTERFIELD, Daniel | Director | 2023-02-13 | 2026-09-16 |
| SCOTT, Michael Robert | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2023-02-09 |
| SMITH, Stephen Anthony | Director | — | 1998-03-09 |
| STUBBS, Mark | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| TAYLOR, Mark Stuart | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2016-01-31 |
| WHEELER, Simon Crane | Director | 1994-12-29 | 1996-12-06 |
| WILLANS, John Richard David | Director | — | 1993-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vector Aerospace (Uk Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-20 | Active |
| Standardaero (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-01 | Ceased 2022-06-20 |
| Signature Aviation Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.