SPECIALIST AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED
Company number 01848773 · Monitor this company
The annual accounts for this company are overdue.
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Specialist Aviation Services Limited represents a cautionary case of a strategically well-positioned niche operator—serving essential police and air ambulance markets with £24M in stable annual revenue—destroyed by an unsustainable capital structure and chronic insolvency. The underlying operating business, with its regulatory certifications, government relationships, and mission-critical contract base, holds significant value for a financially solvent acquirer, but the holding company itself has no viable path forward. The key strategic lesson is that in capital-intensive, mission-critical service markets, financial resilience is not merely a balance sheet concern—it is a core competitive requirement, as clients cannot tolerate supplier failure.
Shareholders' funds
£7,876
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-09-17
- Registered office
- C/O FRP ADVISORY TRADING LIMITED, Kings Orchard 1 Queen Street, Bristol, BS2 0HQ
- Postcode
- BS2 0HQ
- Capital
- 7 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2022-12-31
- Next due by
- 2024-09-30 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2023-06-24
- Next due by
- 2024-07-08 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 51102 Non-scheduled passenger air transport
Officers 1 current · 33 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by VENTHUM LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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SAS (SURREY & SUSSEX) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| POLICE AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED | 2015-06-01 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 35 BASINGHALL STREET, LONDON, EC2V 5DE | 2000-03-20 |
| BOURNEMOUTH INTL AIRPORT, CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET BH23 6NW | 1999-05-13 |
| 17 ORCHARD GARDENS, TEIGNMOUTH, DEVON, TQ14 8DS | 1998-01-25 |
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-07-18
- Where
- Surrey
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY854862 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2018-07-18 | — |
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