TXT In plain English
Company description
VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 26 November 1981; registered for 44 years; registered office reported in CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 51101 · Scheduled passenger air transport.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 19 trade marks. 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
- VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LIMITED
- Company number
- 01600117
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 244 total · 64 outstanding · 180 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 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
2 July 2026Next statement due
16 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 44.1%
- Mean bonus gap
- 73.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 93.3%
- Men receiving bonus
- 93.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 27.6%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 60.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 72.1%
- Women in lower quartile
- 76.8%
Earlier reporting years (1)
- 5000 to 19,99927.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 31 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £936,341,898
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £425,888,970
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £32,902,189
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £580,886,625
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 37.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Unless otherwise agreed, payment for goods and/or services provided pursuant to an order shall be made within 60 days of the later of a) receipt by us of an invoice from you to us together with such reasonable supporting information as may be required by us to support each respective invoice; and b) delivery of the goods and/or performance of the services.
- Dispute resolution process
In the event of disputes arising between the Company and suppliers, both parties shall follow the escalation process set out in the contract. Both parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to reach an amicable resolution via this procedure. The specific format for resolution shall be left to the reasonable discretion of the relevant management level; legal action will not be initiated until escalation processes have been followed
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 26.0 average days to pay62.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay83.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay54.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay51.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay64.0% outside terms
- 78.0 average days to pay68.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LIMITED
LEI 213800VRXDUJY4EZPS98 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 26 November 1981
- Initial LEI registration
- 10 December 2013
- LEI last updated
- 1 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 21 January 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- COMPANY SECRETARIAT - THE VHQ, FLEMING WAY, CRAWLEY, GB-WSX, RH10 9DF, GB
- Headquarters address
- COMPANY SECRETARIAT - THE VHQ, FLEMING WAY, CRAWLEY, GB-WSX, RH10 9DF, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited
Registration Z5114697
- Registered from
- 9 November 2000
- Current end date
- 8 November 2026
- Trading names
- VIRGIN AIRWAYS
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
VIRGIN ATLANTIC
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 9,35,39,41,43,44
- Filed / designated
- 5 May 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 May 2025
NY-LON
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 35,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2025
LITTLE RED
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 4 March 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 March 2023
CHECK IN CHILL OUT
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39,43
- Filed / designated
- 1 November 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 November 2020
ARCADIA
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 15 January 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 January 2026
UPPER CLASS
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 12 January 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 January 2026
SKY BED
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 20,39
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2009
FLYING-BED
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 20,39
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2009
JET BED
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 20,39
- Filed / designated
- 4 June 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 June 2009
THE FLYING BOAT
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 13 May 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 May 2009
RED TAIL
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2009
MUST RIDE
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2009
WEBSEAT
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 8 May 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 May 2006
MIDDLE CLASS
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 1999
MID-CLASS
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 1999
FREEWAY
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 6 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 April 2006
FREEWAY
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 6 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 April 2006
FREEWAY
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 39
- Filed / designated
- 6 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 April 2006
FREEWAY
Owner Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 6 April 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 April 2006
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Virgin Travel Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 2274332
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 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.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 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.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 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
0 procurement processes 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.
15 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
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.