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Airborne Composites Ltd

Airborne Composites Ltd is a UK company with status active founded in 1995 based in South East England.

CRN
03141381
Founded
1995
Age
30

Overview

Legal name
AIRBORNE COMPOSITES LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
MEMBURY AIRFIELD
LAMBOURN
BERKSHIRE
RG17 7TJ
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2024

FULLACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
43

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

6 events
10 Jan
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

27 Dec
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

24 Feb
2025

Confirmation Statement With No Updates

Confirmation-statement

CS01 | Transaction MzQ1NjE2NjUwOGFkaXF6a2N4

Published 24 Feb 2025 03:02

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

27 Dec
1995

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

10 awards
First funded
2008
Funded years
2008, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
Age at first award
12 years

Projects

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

OPTImisation of thermoplastic composites Manufacturing with intelligent Automation (OPTIMA)

1 Nov 2025 to 31 Oct 2027

Awarded
£243,192
Total cost £405,320

To meet the targets for NetZero and their end user demands, the aerospace composite industry is moving towards **more sustainable materials**, **faster production rates** and **cost-efficient solutions** for the manufacture of composite parts. An important focus for the industry is the replacement of thermoset composite parts with those manufactured using...

2024 Knowledge Transfer Partnership

City, University of London and Airborne Composites Limited KTP 23_24 R2

17 May 2024 to 17 May 2026

Awarded
£0
Total cost £0

To apply machine vision, sensor technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and methodologies to optimise a composite manufacturing production system, focusing on niche and customised manufacture.

2022 Collaborative R&D

BEMA - Battery Enclosure Materials Automation

1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2024

Awarded
£223,913
Total cost £373,188

There is a pressing need to meet net-zero emissions regulations and targets, as road and urban air mobility transport moves rapidly to adopt electric powertrains by 2030\. This requires vehicles manufactures to target mass reduction and increased power density at every opportunity to achieve vehicle performance and range. The rapid shift to electric vehic...

2021 Collaborative R&D

REcyclable MArine Structure Towards Emission Reduction (REMASTER)

1 Sep 2021 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£35,603
Total cost £50,862

The marine transport industry contributes 940 million tonnes of CO2 annually, which is responsible for 2.5% of global greenhouse emissions. To meet UK's commitment to the Paris Agreement, a greener reduced / zero emissions' maritime transport solution should be developed, aiming at limiting the increase of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees and therefore ...

2021 BIS-Funded Programmes

Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)

1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£1,440,001
Total cost £2,400,001

ASCEND is an industry led, cross-sector consortium brought together by GKN Aerospace, focussed on developing & accelerating UK composites capability to meet the requirement of single aisle, business jets & future mobility markets. ASCEND will develop the UK value chain in readiness for a step-change in use of lightweight structures, at high-rates. ASCEND ...

2019 BIS-Funded Programmes

Affordable high Rate Composite Structures (ARCS)

1 Feb 2019 to 31 Jul 2022

Awarded
£833,878
Total cost £1,952,876

The global automotive industry continues to face significant challenges in meeting the future needs of the mobility sector, such as improved _fuel efficiency, reduced emissions, electrification of power train, autonomous driving and connectivity._ One of the biggest opportunities in rising to these challenges comes through the selection of _the right mate...

2014 GRD Proof of Concept Lead participant

Cost reduction of composite Flettner rotors for thrust augmentation on ocean going bulk carriers in preparation for volume production supply chain.

1 Jun 2014 to 31 May 2015

Awarded
£45,891
Total cost £76,485

Investigation of the use of alternative materials and methods in the construction of composite rotors for thrust augmentation of ocean going bulk carriers, with the aim of minimizing cost, improving health and safety during manufacture and designing for the use of mechanized methods of manufacture.

2010 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Tidal Turbine Blades - Maximising Reliability and Performance and Reducing Cost (BMAX)

1 Sep 2010 to 30 Nov 2013

Awarded
£117,141
Total cost £258,972

TSB BMAX PROJECT INFORMATION The project number Project number 100853 TP number 583-12206 The project title Tidal Turbine Blades – Maximising Reliability & Performance & reducing cost. (BMAX) The project description This application addresses Strand 1 development of second generation existing devices Aviation Enterprises Ltd (AEL) is acknowledged in the i...

2008 Collaborative R&D

New Materials and Methods for Energy Efficient Tidal Turbines NEW-MMEETT

1 Jul 2008 to 30 Jun 2011

Awarded
£101,923
Total cost £212,566

Awaiting Public Summary

2008 Legacy RDA Collaborative R&D

Next Generation Composite Wing (NGCW) - phase 1

1 Jun 2008 to 31 Dec 2011

Awarded
£3,000,000
Total cost £6,000,000

The objective of Next Generation Composite Wing is to develop the technologies that will enable UK Aerospace companies throughout the supply chain to gain global advantage in the huge market opportunity from the New Single Aisle aircraft and to maintain Wing leadership in the UK. The technologies are required to meet the demand for rapid ramp up and high ...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D GRD Proof of Concept Knowledge Transfer Partnership Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Legacy RDA Collaborative R&D