Blackpool Airport Operations Limited
Registered name: BLACKPOOL AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Blackpool Council groupBlackpool Airport Operations Limited made £4.6m revenue and a £779k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Blackpool Airport Operations Limited’s revenue was £4.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £779k and 57 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.6m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | −£560k | −£684k |
| Profit before tax | −£621k | −£779k |
| Profit after tax | −£621k | −£779k |
| Profit (best available) | −£621k | −£779k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −13.5% | −17.1% |
| Gross margin | 71.1% | 74.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.5k | £80.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.9k | −£13.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £509k | £719k |
| Net assets | −£2.1m | −£2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £2m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £539k | £870k |
| Deferred income | £175k | £258k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.1%
- 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
- −£13.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- 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 −£2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £719k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲47%
- Now £258k
- Fixed assets
- ▲57%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blackpool Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Blackpool Airport Limited75–100%
- Blackpool Airport Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Blackpool Airport Properties LimitedRev. £20k · Profit £297k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£779k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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