ORANGE AERO LIMITED
Company number 02990055 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Orange Aero is a conservatively financed, owner-managed niche trader in the UK aviation and industrial gas turbine aftermarket parts supply chain, sitting well below the segment's consolidator tier but holding a defensible position built on legacy inventory depth, dual aero/IGT end-market exposure and an effectively debt-free balance sheet with £2.15m of cash. Its 87.7% equity ratio, 9.6x current ratio and 2.6% gearing are far outside specialist-distribution norms, which underpins resilience but suppresses returns to around 5–6% on equity against a 10–18% sector benchmark, while implied post-tax profit has roughly halved over two years as post-pandemic parts scarcity premiums normalised and digital marketplaces compressed trading spreads. Strategically, the business is well placed to exploit USM and surplus demand driven by engine shop-visit backlogs, but faces structural headwinds from OEM aftermarket capture and sub-scale bargaining power, and its cash-rich, debt-free profile makes it a plausible consolidation target in a sector undergoing sustained roll-up activity.
Shareholders' funds
£7,143,881
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
What it does
The company's principal activity continues to be that of the supply of aero and industrial gas turbine engines and components.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-11-14
- Employees
- 9 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Yew Tree House, Lewes Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5AA
- Postcode
- RH18 5AA
- Capital
- 910 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-14
- Next due by
- 2026-11-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46180 Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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ORANGE TURBINE SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA351085 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 10
£315,200 in registered political donations since 2009.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Showing the 3 most recent of 10.
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ORANGE AERO ENGINE SUPPLIES LIMITED | 2001-08-01 |
| ORANGE AVIATION LIMITED | 1996-06-17 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| YEW TREE COTTAGE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, EAST SUSSEX RH18 5AA | 2007-01-19 |
| UNIT 4 PHOENIX WORKS, NORTH STREET, LEWES, EAST SUSSEX BN7 2PE | 2001-08-06 |
| YEW TREE HOUSE, LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, EAST SUSSEX RH18 5AA | 1997-02-26 |
| YEW TREE HOUSE, LEWIS ROAD, FOREST ROW, E. SUSSEX. RH18 5AA | 1994-12-01 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 74 similar companies in RH
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (9 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1994.
Competitors Crawley
This company ranks 1 among agents specialized in the sale of other particular products in Crawley.
The class of 1994
46%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-23
- Price paid, where recorded
- £515,000
- Where
- Oxfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON269923 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2019-04-23 | £515,000 |
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