Manchester Airports Group: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Manchester Airports Holdings Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is The Council Of The City Of Manchester. In the year to March 2026 Manchester Airports Holdings Limited reported turnover of £1,515m.
- Registered name
- MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Company number
- 08353309
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 9 January 2013
- Registered office area
- Manchester
- Industry code on the register
- 70100: Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to March 2026, filed 11 August 2026
What does Manchester Airports Group do?
Manchester Airports Group owns and runs three UK airports: Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands. Airports earn money from the charges airlines pay and from services used by passengers. Beyond the airports, the group runs a cargo operation, MAG Property, which develops land around its sites, an aviation technology arm, MAG IT, and CAVU, a business that aims to unlock value from the passenger journey.
In brief: airport operator · Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands · cargo and property · passenger services
Source: Manchester Airports Group's own website, retrieved 24 September 2026.
Who owns Manchester Airports Group?
The Companies House register records The Council Of The City Of Manchester as the person with significant control of Manchester Airports Holdings Limited, company number 08353309.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Manchester Airports Group?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for Manchester Airports Holdings Limited.
All 13 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Charles Thomas Cornish | 9 January 2013 |
| John Kenneth O'Toole | 28 February 2013 |
| John Aaron James Blundell | 8 December 2018 |
| Jenny Francesca Cochrane | 1 April 2020 |
| Paul Venables | 1 February 2022 |
| Amanda Victoria Brown | 1 September 2023 |
| Deepa Bharadwaj | 22 April 2024 |
| Maximilian Jacob Fieguth | 31 August 2024 |
| Steven Richard Fraser | 1 September 2025 |
| Charlotte Emma Gilthorpe | 1 September 2025 |
| Marie Anne Joyce | 5 January 2026 |
| Mark Pegler | 1 September 2026 |
| Garry Paul Bridges | 3 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Manchester Airports Group file?
Manchester Airports Holdings Limited reported turnover of £1,515m in the year to March 2026. That was up 12.8% on £1,343m the year before.
It reported 7,816 employees. The year before it reported 7,383.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £90m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £61m the year before.
Staff costs came to £429m. That is an average of £55,000 a head. It ended the year with £268m at the bank and net assets of £775m. It paid dividends of £5m.
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,515m | £1,343m |
| Pre-tax profit | £90m (filed) | £61m (filed) |
| Employees | 7,816 | 7,383 |
| Staff costs | £429m | £385m |
| Average staff cost per head | £55,000 | £52,000 |
| Bank and cash | £268m | £533m |
| Net assets | £775m | £724m |
| Dividends paid | £5m | £20m |
| Interest paid | £267m | |
| Interest received | £56m | |
| Directors' pay | £5m |
Read the accounts to March 2026 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Manchester Airports Group files as Manchester Airports Holdings Limited, whose person with significant control is The Council Of The City Of Manchester, with turnover of £1,515m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Manchester Airports Group
What does Manchester Airports Group do?
Manchester Airports Group owns and runs three UK airports: Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands. Airports earn money from the charges airlines pay and from services used by passengers. Beyond the airports, the group runs a cargo operation, MAG Property, which develops land around its sites, an aviation technology arm, MAG IT, and CAVU, a business that aims to unlock value from the passenger journey.
Who owns Manchester Airports Group?
The Companies House register records The Council Of The City Of Manchester as the person with significant control of Manchester Airports Holdings Limited.
How much does Manchester Airports Group make?
Manchester Airports Holdings Limited reported turnover of £1,515m in the year to March 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £90m.
How many people work at Manchester Airports Group?
Manchester Airports Holdings Limited reported 7,816 employees in the year to March 2026.
Who runs Manchester Airports Group?
The Companies House register lists 13 current officers for Manchester Airports Holdings Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Manchester Airports Holdings Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 08353309, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Manchester Airports Group: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/manchester-airports-group/. Figures from Companies House filings for MANCHESTER AIRPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED (08353309).
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