Zenith Aviation Limited
Registered name: ZENITH AVIATION LIMITED
Zenith Aviation Limited made £14.2m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.
Zenith Aviation Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £14.2m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “non-scheduled passenger air transport” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £16.6m | £14.3m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.1m | £16.7m | £15.4m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £554k | −£164k | £1.1m | £230k |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£2.3m | £3.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£3m | −£3.6m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£3m | −£3.6m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£3m | −£3.6m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.9m | £3.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 64 | 63 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −8.3% | −18.3% | −25.3% | 14% |
| Gross margin | 3% | −1% | 7.7% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £283k | £259k | £227k | £345k |
| Profit per employee | −£23.3k | −£47.4k | −£57.4k | £48.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▼13.6% | ▼1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% | ▼1.6% | ▼34.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £460k | £153k | £108k | £426k |
| Net assets | −£14.8m | −£17.8m | −£21.4m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £4.5k | £202k | £199k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £773k | £775k | £429k |
| Deferred income | £563k | £613k | £751k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £345k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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 £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲296%
- Now £426k
- Headcount
- ▼35%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £199k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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