Flight Calibration Services Ltd
Registered name: FLIGHT CALIBRATION SERVICES LTD
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupFlight Calibration Services Ltd made £223k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Flight Calibration Services Ltd reported £223k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 43 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Shoreham-by-Sea; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shoreham-by-Sea, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£128k | £223k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | −£128k | £223k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 42 | 44 | 38 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | −£3.4k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲4.8% | ▼13.6% | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £173k | £218k | £216k | £229k |
| Net assets | £594k | −£132k | −£1m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.1m | £2.5m | £5.7m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £867k | £1m | £799k | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £229k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £6.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent50–75%
- Albatross Topco Limited75–100%
- Albatross Midco Limited75–100%
- Albatross Bidco Limited75–100%
- Flight Calibration Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- FCSL Engineering LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Albatross Rae LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £223k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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