Air Publishing Limited
Registered name: AIR PUBLISHING LIMITED
Part of Compass Group PLC groupAir Publishing Limited made £2m revenue and a £6.6k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Air Publishing Limited’s revenue grew 73% to £2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £6.6k and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | −£77.3k | −£104k | −£183k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£25.4k | −£159k | −£10.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£25.4k | −£159k | −£10.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£21.3k | −£157k | −£6.6k |
| Profit (best available) | −£21.3k | −£157k | −£6.6k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | −13.4% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 93.2% | 91.1% | 91% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.5k | £83.6k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | −£11.2k | −£330 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲73% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲42.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£330
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲43%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Compass Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Hospitality Holdings Limited75–100%
- Compass Group Holdings Public Limited Company75–100%
- Compass Group, UK and Ireland Limited75–100%
- Foodbuy Europe Limited75–100%
- Ef Group Ltd75–100%
- Air Publishing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- E-Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vivo Markets LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£6.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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