DUNLOP AIRCRAFT TYRES LIMITED
Company number 03226333 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited presents a contradictory risk profile: a commercially viable business operating in a defensible specialist niche, housed within what appears to be a highly leveraged private equity structure with negligible visible equity. The £3 share capital and Bidco/Mezzanine ownership pattern are consistent with acquisition-era debt loading that may have stripped equity from the operating entity. Without access to the full financial statements, the critical question remains whether the underlying business generates sufficient cash flow to service what is likely substantial acquisition debt. The specialist market position provides operational resilience, but financial resilience cannot be confirmed from available data.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-07-17
- Registered office
- 40 Fort Parkway, Birmingham, B24 9HL
- Postcode
- B24 9HL
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-07-17
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 22110 Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
Officers 4 current · 35 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by TYRE BIDCO LIMITED — since 2026-01-09
Controlled by CASTLE MEZZANINE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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)).
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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7225644 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
3%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- dunlopaircrafttyres.com
Find Tires for Aircraft from Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer and others. Sites in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| INGLEBY (917) LIMITED | 1996-09-20 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 40 FORT PARKWAY, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B24 9HL | 2008-07-25 |
| AIRCRAFT TYRE FACTORY, FORT DUNLOP, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B24 9QH | 1997-04-28 |
| 55 COLMORE ROW, BIRMINGHAM, B3 2AS | 1996-10-08 |
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-26
- Where
- West Midlands (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM124003 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-04-26 | — |
| MM123493 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-04-15 | — |
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