Volare Aviation Limited
Registered name: VOLARE AVIATION LIMITED
Volare Aviation Limited made £35m revenue and £577k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Volare Aviation Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £35m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £577k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “non-scheduled passenger air transport” and is based in Kidlington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kidlington, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £30.6m | £34m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £25.1m | £26.6m | £26.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £5.5m | £7.4m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £612k | £721k | £905k | £885k |
| Profit before tax | £609k | £716k | £894k | £836k |
| Profit after tax | £476k | £552k | £654k | £577k |
| Profit (best available) | £476k | £552k | £654k | £577k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £3m | £4.1m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 56 | 64 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 18% | 21.8% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £438k | £547k | £531k | £467k |
| Profit per employee | £11.9k | £9.9k | £10.2k | £7.7k |
| Cash conversion | −159.6% | −5.6% | 210.5% | 266.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲74.8% | ▲11.1% | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲18.3% | ▼11.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲40% | ▲14.3% | ▲17.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £462k | £66k | £444k | £531k |
| Net assets | £872k | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £129k | £226k | £664k | £521k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £9.9m | £13.5m | £18.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £4.4m | £2.8m | £10.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£977k | −£40.5k | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £467k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 266.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.9%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £531k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £521k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Aviaâ LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £577k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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