Aviation Business Continuity Limited
Registered name: AVIATION BUSINESS CONTINUITY LIMITED
Aviation Business Continuity Limited made £22.8m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Aviation Business Continuity Limited’s revenue grew 33% to £22.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.8m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “service activities incidental to air transportation” and is based in Harmondsworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harmondsworth, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £17.5m | £17.1m | £22.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £11.4m | £12m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £6.1m | £5.1m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £4.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £4.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £3.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £3.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.8m | £5.8m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 44 | 133 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.3% | 19.3% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | 34.2% | 34.7% | 29.8% | 36.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £365k | £397k | £129k | £167k |
| Profit per employee | £74.1k | £76.6k | £11.7k | £13.5k |
| Cash conversion | 90% | 101.7% | 141.2% | 70.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.9% | ▼1.9% | ▲32.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.7% | ▼54% | ▲18.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29.4% | ▲202.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £90.4k | £186k | £379k | £365k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.4m | £8.7m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £488k | £203k | £1.9m | £5.4m |
| Cash from operations | £2.8m | £4.4m | £2.9m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £167k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 70.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 23.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▲184%
- Now £5.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £365k
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 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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