Blackpool Airport Limited
Registered name: BLACKPOOL AIRPORT LIMITED
Part of Blackpool Council groupBlackpool Airport Limited made £4.6m revenue and a £483k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Blackpool Airport Limited’s revenue was £4.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £483k and 57 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | −£799k | −£650k | −£771k |
| Profit before tax | −£832k | −£711k | −£483k |
| Profit after tax | −£832k | −£711k | −£483k |
| Profit (best available) | −£832k | −£711k | −£483k |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.7% | −15.5% | −10.6% |
| Gross margin | 65% | 71.1% | 74.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £78.2k | £80.5k | £80.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£14.6k | −£12.5k | −£8.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £80.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.5k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blackpool Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Blackpool Airport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Blackpool Airport Operations LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit −£779k
- Blackpool Airport Properties LimitedRev. £20k · Profit £297k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£483k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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