CHAPMAN FREEBORN AIRCHARTERING LIMITED
Company number 01053714 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering’s standalone financial position has deteriorated significantly, with net assets falling to £1.5M against a £70M turnover, driven by dividend payments exceeding profits. The company is highly leveraged, has thin liquidity, and shows no margin for error. Without explicit parent company support or strong security, granting unsecured credit would carry unacceptable risk.
Shareholders' funds
£1,514,240
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-05-09
- Employees
- 115 (2023 accounts · was 83 in 2022)
- Registered office
- 3 City Place, Beehive Ring Road, Gatwick, West Sussex, RH6 0PA
- Postcode
- RH6 0PA
- Capital
- 25,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-15
- Next due by
- 2026-09-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 51102 Non-scheduled passenger air transport
- 51210 Freight air transport
Officers 4 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CHAPMAN FREEBORN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 12
£4,857,462 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 12.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) as part of the CHAPMAN FREEBORN HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 6 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 — Z1881659 (Tier 1), registered since 2009.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| INTERIOR AIRWAYS LIMITED | 1980-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ASTRAL TOWERS 6TH FLOOR, BETTS WAY, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH10 9UY | 2011-12-12 |
| ASTRAL TOWERS 6TH FLOOR, BETTS WAY, CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, RH10 9XA | 2008-09-19 |
| 60 WELBECK STREET, LONDON, W1M 8BH | 2005-09-23 |
| 16 WIMPOLE ST, CAVENDISH SQ., LONDON W1M 8BH | 1997-01-16 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 46 similar companies in RH
The largest employer among its local peers (115 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1972.
No.4 of the largest non-scheduled passenger air transport companies in Crawley →
Competitors Crawley
This company ranks 4 among non-scheduled passenger air transport in Crawley.
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.