BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£22K
-74.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£47M
+52.1% vs 2023
Employees
323
+10.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£22M
+41.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,161,000 | £65,289,000 | +25.2% | |
| Operating profit | £14,870,000 | £20,002,000 | +34.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £15,281,000 | £21,620,000 | +41.5% | |
| Net profit | £11,643,000 | £16,224,000 | +39.3% | |
| Cash | £85,000 | £22,000 | -74.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,674,000 | £52,828,000 | +40.2% | |
| Net assets | £31,089,000 | £47,291,000 | +52.1% | |
| Equity | £31,089,000 | £47,291,000 | +52.1% | |
| Average employees | 293 | 323 | +10.2% | |
| Wages | £12,675,000 | £14,928,000 | +17.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £120,000 | £135,000 | +12.5% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 28.5% | 30.6% | |
| Net margin | 22.3% | 24.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.5% | 37.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.63x | 4.90x | |
| Interest cover | 14.75x | 45.56x |
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
- BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED 2000-07-07 → present
- HI-SHEAR FASTENERS EUROPE LIMITED 1984-10-31 → 2000-07-07
- AIRCRAFT FASTENERS (FORGED PARTS) LIMITED 1979-10-15 → 1984-10-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to operate for a period of 12 months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOMES, Sandra | Secretary | 2020-06-22 | — | — |
| CAPELL, Mark | Director | 2020-01-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| DEJEAN, Cedric | Director | 2017-03-23 | May 1977 | French |
| NEILDEZ, Emmanuel | Director | 2020-01-02 | Nov 1971 | French |
| VIELLARD, Emmanuel | Director | 1998-12-09 | Jun 1963 | French |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAVRE, Pierre-Emmanuel | Secretary | 2000-07-17 | 2001-03-09 |
| HAUNCH, Richard Antony | Secretary | 1994-05-31 | 2000-03-10 |
| PALMER, Steven Philip | Secretary | — | 1994-01-20 |
| SUDDENS, David Richard | Secretary | 2001-04-13 | 2020-03-17 |
| BROOKS, Edward George | Director | — | 1993-05-17 |
| COLDERS, Jean Louis | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2020-01-02 |
| DAUMARS, Michel | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2017-03-23 |
| DAVID, Andre Henry | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2003-10-31 |
| DUCKHAM, Ian | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2014-01-02 |
| GALE, Richard Mark | Director | — | 1996-02-09 |
| HILL, William | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2019-12-31 |
| JANSSEN, Michel Pieter Irma | Director | 1993-05-18 | 1998-11-20 |
| KOHLER, Gilles Rene Robolphe Jean | Director | 2000-01-17 | 2001-05-04 |
| MEADE, Patrick | Director | 1993-10-18 | 2000-01-17 |
| RAGAN, Leo James | Director | — | 1993-10-18 |
| RIVET, Lionel | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2007-03-06 |
| ROURE, Frederic | Director | 1996-03-29 | 2000-01-17 |
| TURBAT, Bruno | Director | 2001-05-04 | 2003-02-25 |
| VAREILLE, Pierre | Director | 1996-03-29 | 2000-10-04 |
| WINGATE, David Aaron | Director | — | 1996-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisi S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-03-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.