{"name":"ORANGE AERO LIMITED","company_number":"02990055","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1994-11-14","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Yew Tree House, Lewes Road, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5AA","postcode":"RH18 5AA","sic_codes":[{"code":46180,"description":"Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products"},{"code":82990,"description":"Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":"The company's principal activity continues to be that of the supply of aero and industrial gas turbine engines and components.","previous_names":[{"name":"ORANGE AERO ENGINE SUPPLIES LIMITED","changed_on":"2001-08-01"},{"name":"ORANGE AVIATION LIMITED","changed_on":"1996-06-17"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 January","last_made_up_to":"2026-01-31","next_due":"2027-10-31"},"employees":{"count":9,"accounts_date":"2026-01-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2026-01-31","net_assets":7144791,"cash":1587686,"average_employees":9},{"financial_date":"2025-01-31","net_assets":6674011,"cash":2150926,"average_employees":9},{"financial_date":"2024-01-31","net_assets":6295837,"cash":1624703,"average_employees":8},{"financial_date":"2023-01-31","net_assets":5664726,"cash":509094},{"financial_date":"2022-01-31","net_assets":4901252,"cash":376705}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":4,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":4,"outstanding":3},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/orange-aero","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02990055","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/orange-aero/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/orange-aero"}