AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-12-05
- Registered office
- Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2AS
- Postcode
- SG1 2AS
- Capital
- 29 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-29
- Next due by
- 2027-02-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 30300 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Officers 4 current · 31 resigned
Group structure 13 subsidiaries
Controlled by Airbus Se (24288945) — since 2018-09-20
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AIRBUS DS LIMITED Dissolved
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AIRBUS DS OPERATIONS & SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
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ASTRIUM SERVICES UK LIMITED Dissolved
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CASSIDIAN CYBERSECURITY LIMITED Dissolved
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CASSIDIAN HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
Showing 12 of 13.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 16
£47,869,320 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 16.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Global Business Mobility: Service Supplier (Temporary Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED group statement — 7 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA055483 (Tier 3), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
13.8%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- airbus.com
Airbus designs, manufactures and delivers industry-leading commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, launchers and more.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ASTRIUM LIMITED | 2014-07-01 |
| EADS ASTRIUM LIMITED | 2006-06-30 |
| ASTRIUM LIMITED | 2003-06-20 |
| MATRA MARCONI SPACE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 1999-07-01 |
| MARCONI SPACE SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED | 1991-06-10 |
| GIFTQUICK LIMITED | 1990-09-03 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE GROVE, WARREN LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX, HA7 4LY | 2000-08-30 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1990-09-12 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 20 similar companies in SG — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1989
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 19 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Leasehold
- 14
- Most recent registration
- 2023-04-21
- Where
- Newport (9), Hertfordshire (5), Portsmouth (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY894707 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2023-04-21 | — |
| CYM860475 | Newport | Leasehold | 2023-01-06 | — |
| TY589544 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2022-05-25 | — |
| CYM844901 | Newport | Leasehold | 2022-05-06 | — |
| CYM844903 | Newport | Leasehold | 2022-05-06 | — |
| CYM669590 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-02-16 | — |
| CYM669592 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-02-16 | — |
| CYM669614 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-02-16 | — |
| CYM387549 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-01-08 | — |
| CYM387550 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-01-08 | — |
| CYM387552 | Newport | Leasehold | 2016-01-08 | — |
| ON323002 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2015-12-22 | — |
| PM22888 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2010-06-04 | — |
| PM22890 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2010-06-04 | — |
| HD147651 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2000-07-03 | — |
| HD207596 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2000-07-03 | — |
| HD207860 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2000-07-03 | — |
| HD326777 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2000-07-03 | — |
| HD326778 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | — | — |
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