Avocet Aviation Limited
Registered name: AVOCET AVIATION LIMITED
Avocet Aviation Limited made £11.2m revenue and £920k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Avocet Aviation Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £11.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £920k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft” and is based in Southend on Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend on Sea, East of England
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.5m | £11m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.4m | £8.1m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £861k | £920k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £861k | £920k |
| Staff costs | — | £971k | £1m | £974k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.7% | 7.8% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.6% | 26.4% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £834k | £689k | £746k |
| Profit per employee | — | £81k | £53.8k | £61.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −80% | −103.6% | −116.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼11.9% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼29.1% | ▲6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲6.7% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £6.4m | £6.1m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £828k | £839k | £832k | £811k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £7.7m | £7.5m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | £413k | £327k | £295k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£1.3m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £746k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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
- ▲3%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £295k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £811k
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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £920k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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