Primeflight Engineering Ltd
Registered name: PRIMEFLIGHT ENGINEERING LTD
Part of Primeflight UK Ltd groupPrimeflight Engineering Ltd made £21.5m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Primeflight Engineering Ltd’s revenue grew 29% to £21.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.5m profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £16.7m | £21.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.8m | £10.6m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £6.1m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 166 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 7.4% | 7.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 36.7% | 34.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £101k | — |
| Profit per employee | £15.5k | £7.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲28.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.2% | ▲24.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Primeflight UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Primeflight Engineering Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Airbase Gse LtdFigures not disclosed
- Modulus (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pop Air LtdFigures not disclosed
- Uld Services LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Primeflight Aviation Aberdeen LtdFigures not disclosed
- Primeflight Aviation England LtdFigures not disclosed
- Primeflight Aviation Scotland LtdFigures not disclosed
- Primeflight Cargo UK LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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