GLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† GLASGOW 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
2024Sector 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: GLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
GLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC096624. It was incorporated on 6 Jan 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in Paisley (PA3). 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 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £144,638,000. Profit for the year was £73,263,000. Net assets were £434,502,000. Total assets were £611,695,000 and total liabilities £177,193,000. The company had an average of 144 employees.
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 568 active companies whose first SIC code is 51101: By turnover it ranks higher than 75% of the 50 that publish turnover (median £20,669,000). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £6,404). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £65,305). By number of employees it ranks higher than 95% of them (median 1). 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 2 public contract award notices from Home Office since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £32.5k.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, glass, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, knitted clothing. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 22 days to pay suppliers, and 30% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2019/20 shows median hourly pay for women 9% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 5 of 20 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 2 Aug 2027.
Filed accounts2024
| 2024 † | |
|---|---|
| Turnover | 144,638,000 |
| Profit for the year | 73,263,000 |
| Total assets | 611,695,000 |
| Total liabilities | 177,193,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 434,502,000 |
| Average number of employees | 144 |
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
2 contractsGLASGOW AIRPORT LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Home Office since 2016. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £32.5k.
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.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 22 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 30%
- Standard payment terms
- 0–30 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 83%
- 31 to 60 days 16%
- After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (2)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2019
- 23
- 80%
- 27%
- 31 Dec 2018
- 25
- 68%
- 32%
- Median hourly pay
- women 9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 15% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 17% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (2)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2018/19
- women 9% lower
- women 14% lower
- 2017/18
- women 9% lower
- women 15% 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 (AGS AIRPORTS LIMITED)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGS AIRPORTS LIMITED)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGS AIRPORTS LIMITED)
Earlier years (1)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (AGS 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.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, glass, electrical equipment, vehicles and rubber.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, knitted clothing, machinery and furniture and lighting.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
8 events- Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
- Faero Uk Holding Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Macquarie Infrastructure And Real Assets (Europe) Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £144.6m, net assets £434.5m, 144 employees
- Airport Holdings Ndh1 Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Faero Uk Holding Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Macquarie Infrastructure And Real Assets (Europe) Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.