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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 30300 Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery

Officers 4 current · 31 resigned

Appointed 2023-12-01
Appointed 2022-06-01
ALAN SHAW Secretary
SOLICITOR Appointed 2005-06-17
Appointed 2002-01-15

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Group structure 13 subsidiaries

Controlled by Airbus Se (24288945) — since 2018-09-20

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

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Contact details

Website
airbus.com

Airbus designs, manufactures and delivers industry-leading commercial aircraft, helicopters, military transports, satellites, launchers and more.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ASTRIUM LIMITED2014-07-01
EADS ASTRIUM LIMITED2006-06-30
ASTRIUM LIMITED2003-06-20
MATRA MARCONI SPACE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED1999-07-01
MARCONI SPACE SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED1991-06-10
GIFTQUICK LIMITED1990-09-03

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
THE GROVE, WARREN LANE, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX, HA7 4LY2000-08-30
2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB1990-09-12

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.

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Property in England & Wales 19 titles

Freehold
5
Leasehold
14
Most recent registration
2023-04-21
Where
Newport (9), Hertfordshire (5), Portsmouth (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice 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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