PORTSMOUTH AVIATION HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.6M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£25M
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
183
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£6.3M
Period ending 2025-05-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,106,813 | £35,181,739 | £58,741,430 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,205,932 | £1,287,371 | -£5,980,477 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,136 | -£1,306,302 | -£6,278,854 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,271,697 | -£1,086,591 | -£5,385,954 | — | |
| Cash | £20,111,695 | £18,681,177 | £2,624,589 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,998,704 | £30,912,113 | £25,411,356 | — | |
| Net assets | £31,418,337 | £30,331,746 | £25,268,905 | — | |
| Equity | £31,418,337 | £30,331,746 | £25,268,905 | — | |
| Average employees | 170 | 174 | 183 | — | |
| Wages | £10,413,286 | £7,771,615 | £11,312,119 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,246,345 | £946,534 | £789,499 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 17 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 3.7% | -10.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | -3.1% | -9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 4.2% | -23.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 31.6% | 43.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.51x | 2.64x | 1.84x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PORTSMOUTH AVIATION HOLDINGS LIMITED 1992-09-29 → present
- S.P.ESCOTT & SON LIMITED 1950-01-05 → 1992-09-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the directors believe that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PORTSMOUTH AVIATION HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Portsmouth Aviation Limited 100%
- Portsmouth Engineering Co. Limited 100%
- Ruptureseal UK Limited 100%
- Paqualyte Limited 100%
- Roughneck Excavators Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The period began with a healthy order book, including the continuation of a significant technology-transfer capability project for an overseas customer and the commencement of a new work-share contract with an overseas partner. These two contracts alone carry a combined order value of £55.4m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESCOTT, Simon Peter | Director | 1992-08-27 | Nov 1966 | British |
| EVANS, David Roger | Director | 2022-02-21 | Oct 1946 | British |
| WEBB, Christopher | Director | 2002-08-05 | Mar 1961 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Andrew John | Secretary | — | 2020-10-12 |
| BOWLES, Oliver Thomas Andrew | Director | 2023-08-07 | 2024-10-31 |
| CRABTREE, Eric Gordon | Director | 1992-08-27 | 1994-10-20 |
| DICKSON, Graeme Michael | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2017-10-19 |
| ESCOTT, Paul | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| ESCOTT, Sydney Percy | Director | — | 1992-06-10 |
| GAMBRILL, Colin James | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2001-09-07 |
| KILLNER, Trevor John | Director | — | 1996-03-06 |
| SOUTHGATE, John Terrence | Director | 1992-03-27 | 1998-03-31 |
| TURNER, William Charles Frederick | Director | 1994-09-09 | 2022-07-31 |
| WHITE, Martin Paul | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2012-03-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Roy Franklin | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2001-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Nicholas Escott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-10-30 | Active |
| Mr Simon Peter Escott | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Dominic Paul Escott | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.