LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED
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† LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 51101Where the company stands among the 568 active companies whose first SIC code is 51101 (Scheduled passenger air transport).
- LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED£1.9bn
- JET2.COM LIMITED£1.1bn
- STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED£1bn
- NATS HOLDINGS LIMITED£1bn
- MANCHESTER AIRPORT PLC£760.3m
- GLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED£434.5m
- BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT LIMITED£360.2m
- ARAJET HOLDINGS LIMITED£331.9m
- DOCKLANDS AVIATION GROUP LIMITED£278.6m
- BRISTOL AIRPORT LIMITED£274.9m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 568. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01970855. It was incorporated on 13 Dec 1985. Its status is active. The registered office is in Hounslow (TW6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is scheduled passenger air transport (51101).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £8,000,000. Profit for the year was £733,000,000. Net assets were £1,910,000,000, down 28.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £15,000,000. Total assets were £3,195,000,000 and total liabilities £1,285,000,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 568 active companies whose first SIC code is 51101: By turnover it ranks lower than 67% of the 50 that publish turnover (median £20,669,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £6,404). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £65,305). By cash it ranks higher than 92% of them (median £34,263). It is older than 95% of them (median age 8.0 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 10.6% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 11 of 13 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 11 Jul 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 9,000,000 | 8,000,000 |
| Profit for the year | 137,000,000 | 733,000,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 9,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Total assets | 3,231,000,000 | 3,195,000,000 |
| Total liabilities | 553,000,000 | 1,285,000,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 2,678,000,000 | 1,910,000,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Median hourly pay
- women 10.6% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 10.5% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 0.3% lower
- Employer size
- 5000 to 19,999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 2% lower
- women 6.6% lower
- 2023/24
- women 7.2% lower
- women 1.4% lower
- 2022/23
- women 1.4% lower
- women 7.5% lower
- 2021/22
- women 5.3% lower
- women 7.9% lower
- 2020/21
- women 4.5% lower
- women 8.8% lower
- 2019/20
- women 3% lower
- women 9.8% lower
- 2018/19
- women 0.6% lower
- women 10.5% lower
- 2017/18
- women 6.5% lower
- women 12.7% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (HEATHROW AIRPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (HEATHROW AIRPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (HEATHROW AIRPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED)
Earlier years (3)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (HEATHROW AIRPORT HOLDINGS LIMITED)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FGP TOPCO LIMITED)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (FGP TOPCO LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
History
6 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £8m, net assets £1.9bn
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £9m, net assets £2.7bn
- Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to LHR AIRPORTS LIMITEDPreviously BAA AIRPORTS LIMITED
- Name changed to BAA AIRPORTS LIMITEDPreviously BAA LIMITED
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.