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AVTRADE LIMITED

#01917328 · Active · Incorporated 1985-05-29 (41y 2m) · Last filing 2026-05-11 (2mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 47190 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-04-30 (in 10 months) · Confirmation due 2026-10-10 (in 3 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£60M

-25.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£258M

+15.5% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

303

+4.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£53M

-18.6% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric Trend 2023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £259,639,155£288,601,530£298,163,094 +3.3%
Operating profit £46,245,153£59,807,104£48,055,663 -19.6%
Profit before tax £49,775,741£65,457,850£53,297,845 -18.6%
Net profit £39,286,638£49,027,368£39,851,027 -18.7%
Cash £89,166,108£80,983,858£60,264,446 -25.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £174,310,923£223,106,026£257,680,445 +15.5%
Net assets £174,310,923£223,098,291£257,619,318 +15.5%
Equity £174,310,923£223,098,291£257,619,318 +15.5%
Average employees 259291303 +4.1%
Wages £12,134,948£14,097,423£16,107,350 +14.3%
Directors' remuneration £18,204£18,200£16,470 -9.5%

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 2023-07-312024-07-312025-07-31
Operating margin 17.8%20.7%16.1%
Net margin 15.1%17.0%13.4%
Return on capital employed 26.5%26.8%18.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 13.2%13.4%—
Current ratio 6.91x6.89x7.77x

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

  1. AVTRADE LIMITED 1985-07-29 → present
  2. BLACK LION AVIATION LIMITED 1985-05-29 → 1985-07-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
UHY Affinia
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“No material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern have been identified by the directors.”

Group structure

  1. AVTRADE LIMITED · parent
    1. Guangzhou Avtrade BIS Co Ltd 100% · China
    2. Avtrade GmbH 100% · Germany
    3. Avtrade Services Malaysia SDN. BHD 100% · Malaysia

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 1 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BROOKS, Graeme Frank Secretary — — British
BROOKS, Graeme Frank Director — Mar 1954 British
BROOKS, Yvonne Catherine Director — Sep 1955 British
Show 1 resigned officer
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DUNN, Frederick Lewis Director — 1994-11-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Graeme Frank Brooks Individual Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active
Mrs Yvonne Catherine Brooks Individual Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 115 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2020-05-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2020-05-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-09-20 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2022-06-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-06-08 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares
2022-05-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-05-26 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2020-05-26 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2020-05-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-02-21 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2020-01-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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