TRADE-AIR AIRLINE SUPPORT LIMITED
Company number 01505037 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Trade-Air Airline Support Limited operates as a highly specialized, debt-free niche player within the aerospace MRO and spares distribution sector, leveraging a resilient sovereign client base in the Middle East to outperform typical industry profitability benchmarks. Despite a 26% drop in post-tax profit to £2.3m—largely due to the absence of a prior-year exceptional contract and FX headwinds—the company's balance sheet remains exceptionally robust, marked by a 73% surge in cash reserves and zero leverage. While Brexit-induced logistical friction and GBP/USD currency volatility present ongoing sector challenges, the firm's elite VIP/state aviation focus secures its competitive standing against broader commercial aviation suppliers.
Shareholders' funds
£5,850,521
Balance sheet as at 2020-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-06-30
- Registered office
- 4 Cinema Buildings, Poole Road, Bournemouth, BH4 9DW
- Postcode
- BH4 9DW
- Capital
- 136 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-25
- Next due by
- 2027-09-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Officers 6 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- trade-air.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1293560666, +44 1293562887
Trade-Air supports over 100 of the world's premier corporate and private aircraft including Royal and VIP fleets. Serving you around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, person to person, Trade-Air has built a hard earned reputation for providing the best service in the industry, anywhere in the world.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TRADE-AIR CORPORATE AIRCRAFT SUPPORT LTD. | 2010-12-23 |
| TRADE AIR CORPORATE SUPPORT LIMITED | 1994-09-21 |
| TRADE-AIR AIRLINE SUPPORT LIMITED | 1993-04-21 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 246 similar companies in BH
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.
No.1 of the largest other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets companies in Bournemouth →
Competitors Bournemouth
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets in Bournemouth.
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.