Osprey Aviation Services (UK) Ltd
Registered name: OSPREY AVIATION SERVICES (UK) LTD
Osprey Aviation Services (UK) Ltd made £18.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Osprey Aviation Services (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £18.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2m profit. The company is classified under “non-scheduled passenger air transport” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.6m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £6.4m | −£6.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £11.1m | £12.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£983k | £146k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£983k | £146k | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 86 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.8% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 63.4% | 67.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £205k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£12.1k | £1.7k | — |
| Cash conversion | — | −147.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1287% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £652 | £272 | — |
| Net assets | £616k | £762k | — |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £10m | — |
| Current assets | £75.7k | £75.3k | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £59.2k | £1.2m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.5m | −£4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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