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Company description
MEL AVIATION LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 25 September 1968; registered for 58 years; registered office reported in SUDBURY, SUFFOLK. Its primary declared activity is 71129 · Other engineering activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 October 2025, it reported profit after tax £2,526,496, net assets £27,289,576, average employees 145. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 12 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Company number
- 00939400
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 14 total · 1 outstanding · 13 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 October 2025Next accounts due
31 July 2027Last statement made up to
27 February 2026Next statement due
13 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit after tax
- £2,526,496
- Fixed assets
- £3,257,797
- Net assets
- £27,289,576
- Current assets
- £34,013,180
- Current liabilities
- £8,718,223
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £28,552,754
- Cash at bank
- £12,561,582
- Equity
- £27,289,576
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
Earlier imported periods (1)
- Full Accounts£24,763,080 net assets
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
MEL Aviation Limited
Registration Z1972061
- Registered from
- 28 October 2009
- Current end date
- 27 October 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Engineering Parts
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-6b71acac-3850-4fcc-a8c7-e39ef915e547
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £42,604.71
- Contract period
- 7 July 2023 – 1 September 2023
- Published
- 3 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 31000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6b71acac-3850-4fcc-a8c7-e39ef915e547-2023-08-03T11:56:27+01:00
Manufacture exhaust system
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-7155425e-21f8-4136-be11-15f34c056d27
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £16,078.77
- Contract period
- 4 May 2023 – 28 July 2023
- Published
- 26 May 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7155425e-21f8-4136-be11-15f34c056d27-2023-05-26T14:53:36+01:00
703268450 - MPPBR_Contracts Finder_Contract Award Notice
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-cf2eb3ee-73b9-4fd1-9a92-3388629dec32
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Aviation Limited
- Award value
- £280,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 10 May 2023
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34152000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cf2eb3ee-73b9-4fd1-9a92-3388629dec32-2023-05-10T15:51:40+01:00
Dstl Engineering Services Framework
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · ocds-b5fd17-d870039b-e17f-4ac4-8ecd-cab4b1aa2365
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £1,960,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2022 – 31 March 2027
- Published
- 19 July 2022
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d870039b-e17f-4ac4-8ecd-cab4b1aa2365-2022-07-19T11:56:24+01:00
The Purchase of Spares and Accelerometers for the Chinook Fleet Framework Agreement
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-de54ab5b-d149-408c-833f-48173638f016
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Aviation Ltd
- Award value
- £7
- Contract period
- 18 May 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 4 August 2022
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34731700
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-de54ab5b-d149-408c-833f-48173638f016-2022-08-04T13:09:49+01:00
JAST/HOUCHIN SPARES PROVISION
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-237d5537-544c-4409-a8a1-2e066813235e
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £247,000
- Contract period
- 7 January 2021 – 6 January 2023
- Published
- 8 January 2021
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35820000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-237d5537-544c-4409-a8a1-2e066813235e-2021-01-08T08:24:34Z
Procurement of Headsets and Associated Spares
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-71fc6fac-bc9b-4497-855a-a9efa2e348e4
- Supplier named in award
- MEL Aviation Ltd
- Award value
- £420,000
- Contract period
- 17 November 2020 – 30 November 2023
- Published
- 19 November 2020
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34741000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-71fc6fac-bc9b-4497-855a-a9efa2e348e4-2020-11-19T12:31:02Z
Supply of Spares for the Armoured Tracked Platforms
BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC · ocds-b5fd17-62f505b8-c00a-41fe-96a1-58e43def0d17
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £16,000,000
- Contract period
- 9 October 2019 – 7 October 2021
- Published
- 29 October 2019
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35422000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-62f505b8-c00a-41fe-96a1-58e43def0d17-2019-10-29T11:26:16Z
Supply of General Military Consumables - Vehicle Spares
BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC · ocds-b5fd17-2887eadc-0caf-4a59-b498-959de03a8a1f
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £20,000,000
- Contract period
- 4 October 2019 – 3 October 2021
- Published
- 25 October 2019
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 35420000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2887eadc-0caf-4a59-b498-959de03a8a1f-2019-10-25T13:40:00+01:00
Supply of General Military Consumables - Electrical Spares
BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC · ocds-b5fd17-a6c3a67c-664a-41bd-86f0-cabb4e7f6135
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £5,430,000
- Contract period
- 4 September 2019 – 3 September 2021
- Published
- 17 October 2019
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a6c3a67c-664a-41bd-86f0-cabb4e7f6135-2019-10-17T08:14:51+01:00
Procurement for the Extended Range Fuel Tank Roller Frame
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · ocds-b5fd17-d5bea177-43f4-4645-90b1-68642eb96cf9
- Supplier named in award
- MEL AVIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £74,481.51
- Contract period
- 4 September 2019 – 3 September 2022
- Published
- 10 September 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34710000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d5bea177-43f4-4645-90b1-68642eb96cf9-2019-09-10T11:54:56+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Mel Aviation Trustee Limited
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Controls 50% to 75% of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Guarantee
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 16737167
- Notified
- 24 November 2025
Mr Gary Walter HarveySee 10 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 31 December 2020
- Ceased
- 24 November 2025
- Anti Money Laundering Supervisory Bodies: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Authorised Corporate Service Provider Name: XEINADIN GROUP LIMITED ACSP
- Identity Verified On: 2025-12-12T00:00:00Z
- Preferred Name: Gary Walter Harvey
Mr Nicholas Francis SmithSee 6 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 24 November 2025
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-03-23T00:00:00Z
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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