Mel Aviation Components Limited
Registered name: MEL AVIATION COMPONENTS LIMITED
Part of Lucciola Topco Limited groupMel Aviation Components Limited made £37.2m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Oct 2025.
Mel Aviation Components Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £37.2m in the year to 30 Oct 2025, with £2.1m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Crawley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 30 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2024 | 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £29.3m | £34.4m | £34.4m | £37.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £20.6m | −£25.2m | £25.2m | −£27.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £8.7m | £9.3m | £9.3m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £6.6m | £6.9m | £6.9m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £6.3m | £6.2m | £6.2m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £4.9m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £564k | £892k | — | £1.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 29.7% | 26.9% | 26.9% | 26.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £170k | £257k | £210k | £210k | £80.9k |
| Cash conversion | 33.5% | −21.4% | — | 32.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲86.2% | ▲17.3% | ▲17.3% | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲187.2% | ▼5.1% | ▼5.1% | ▼54.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲90% | ▲15.8% | ▲15.8% | ▲18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £80.9k | £100k | — | £201k | — |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £9.6m | — | £13m | — |
| Fixed assets | £93.2k | £53.5k | — | £70.8k | — |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £25.9m | — | £35.3m | — |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £5.9m | — | £5.3m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.1m | — | £2.4m | — |
| Cash from operations | £748k | −£1.4m | — | £2.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £80.9k
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lucciola Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lucciola Midco Limited75–100%
- Lucciola Bidco Limited75–100%
- Macl Holdings Limited75–100%
- Mel Aviation Components Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Oct 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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