STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED

Active
Company number 01990920Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£1,021,371,000+5.8%
Net assets 2025/26
+5.8%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
0500 m1 bn1.5 bn2024/252025/26

† STANSTED AIRPORT 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

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 51101

Where the company stands among the 568 active companies whose first SIC code is 51101 (Scheduled passenger air transport).

Turnover£480,619,000
Higher than 87% · median £20,669,000 among 50 that publish turnover
Net assets£1,021,371,000
Higher than 99% · median £6,404
Total assets£1,407,773,000
Higher than 96% · median £65,305
Cash£22,895,000
Higher than 93% · median £34,263
Company age40.7 years
Older than 95% · median 8.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. LHR AIRPORTS LIMITED£1.9bn
  2. JET2.COM LIMITED£1.1bn
  3. STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED£1bn
  4. NATS HOLDINGS LIMITED£1bn
  5. MANCHESTER AIRPORT PLC£760.3m
  6. GLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED£434.5m
  7. BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT LIMITED£360.2m
  8. ARAJET HOLDINGS LIMITED£331.9m
  9. DOCKLANDS AVIATION GROUP LIMITED£278.6m
  10. 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: STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01990920. It was incorporated on 19 Feb 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in Stansted airport (CM24). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is scheduled passenger air transport (51101), service activities incidental to air transportation (52230).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £480,619,000. Profit for the year was £60,202,000. Net assets were £1,021,371,000, up 5.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £22,895,000. Total assets were £1,407,773,000 and total liabilities £386,402,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 568 active companies whose first SIC code is 51101: By turnover it ranks higher than 87% 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 96% of them (median £65,305). By cash it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £34,263). It is older than 95% of them (median age 8.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from Home Office since 2014. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £1.5m. It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £8m, mainly from Department for Transport.

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 27 days to pay suppliers, and 10% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2.9% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 147 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover452,580,000480,619,000
Profit for the year69,113,00060,202,000
Cash at bank and in hand52,064,00022,895,000
Total assets1,254,416,0001,407,773,000
Total liabilities220,490,000386,402,000
Net assets / total equity965,369,0001,021,371,000

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.

Public contracts

4 contracts

STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from Home Office since 2014. Their combined published value is £1.5m.

Contracts per year
Contracts
  1. Stansted Airport Fibre Cable Installation‡Home Office · £31,950 · runs until Dec 2027
  2. BF Agency Staff - Airport Arrivals Management‡Home Office · £243,197 · 3 lots
  3. Stanstead GA Agreements (various).Published for completeness, see description for details‡Home Office · £852,464
  4. eGate Port Operator Agreement for Stansted Airport.Published for completeness, see description for details‡Home Office · £347,500

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

3 grants

STANSTED AIRPORT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2020, together worth £8m.

Funders
Department for Transport
1 grant · £8m
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2 grants · £42.6k
Grants
  1. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £36,433
  2. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £6,130
  3. AGOSS Organisation AwardDepartment for Transport · £8,000,000 · Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme (AGOSS) 20/21

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
27 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
10%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 84%
  • 31 to 60 days 13%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
26
87%
13%
30 Sep 2025
28
84%
16%
31 Mar 2025
19
81%
19%
30 Sep 2024
19
70%
30%
31 Mar 2024
20
68%
32%
30 Sep 2023
26
68%
32%
31 Mar 2023
28
70%
30%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 2.9% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 8.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 19.3% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter40.6% womenLower middle50.9% womenUpper middle44.8% womenUpper pay quarter29.4% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 0.6% lower
women 4.5% lower
2023/24
women 9% lower
women 10.7% lower
2022/23
women 8.8% lower
women 7.5% lower
2021/22
women 10.6% higher
women 25.6% lower
2020/21
women 6.5% lower
women 9.9% lower
2018/19
women 4.7% lower
women 8% lower
2017/18
women 7.9% lower
women 11.6% 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

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS 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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £480.6m, net assets £1bn
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £452.6m, net assets £965.4m
  3. Manchester Airport Group Finance Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. 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.