{"name":"THOMPSON AERO SEATING LIMITED","company_number":"NI032654","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1997-07-09","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"51 Seagoe Industrial Estate, Portadown, Craigavon, County Armagh, BT63 5QE","postcode":"BT63 5QE","sic_codes":[{"code":30990,"description":"Manufacture of other transport equipment not elsewhere classified"},{"code":74909,"description":"Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"J. THOMPSON SOLUTIONS LIMITED","changed_on":"2011-01-04"},{"name":"THOMPSON AERO SEATING LTD","changed_on":"2009-07-27"},{"name":"J. THOMPSON SOLUTIONS LIMITED","changed_on":"2004-11-12"},{"name":"LUMINAR CONSULTANTS LIMITED","changed_on":"2002-04-10"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":10,"resigned":21,"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":2,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Thompson Aero Seating Limited operates as a specialized, premium manufacturer within the highly regulated aerospace interiors sector, comfortably exceeding medium-sized enterprise thresholds. While its niche focus on business and first-class seating places it in a high-margin segment benefiting from post-pandemic airline retrofit cycles, its competitive landscape is uniquely shaped by its ultimate ownership by the Chinese state (SASAC). This ownership provides robust capital resilience but introduces geopolitical complexities that may restrict its access to security-sensitive Western aerospace contracts.","website":"https://thompsonaero.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/thompson-aero-seating","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/thompson-aero-seating/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/thompson-aero-seating/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI032654","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/thompson-aero-seating/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/thompson-aero-seating/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/thompson-aero-seating/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/thompson-aero-seating"}