ARCHBOLD HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
+24% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+15.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
239
+16% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+53.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,682,595 | £37,745,392 | £47,817,652 | +26.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,704,135 | £1,844,264 | £2,774,407 | +50.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,570,389 | £1,658,476 | £2,547,939 | +53.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,216,553 | £1,123,519 | £1,860,152 | +65.6% | |
| Cash | £1,612,223 | £2,446,236 | £3,033,266 | +24% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,312,147 | £12,883,784 | £14,482,964 | +12.4% | |
| Net assets | £9,595,352 | £10,403,672 | £12,037,824 | +15.7% | |
| Equity | £9,595,352 | £10,403,672 | £12,037,824 | +15.7% | |
| Average employees | 197 | 206 | 239 | +16% | |
| Wages | £9,501,650 | £10,714,711 | £14,187,041 | +32.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £691,211 | £576,610 | £772,004 | +33.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £118,972 | £56,672 | £17,315 | -69.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £222,852 | £207,208 | £281,957 | +36.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.8% | 14.3% | 19.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.2% | 46.5% | 46.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 1.68x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 12.31x | 9.84x | 12.13x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ARCHBOLD HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Archbold Logistics Limited 100%
- Archbold Carshop Limited 100%
- Archbold Logistics (Manchester) Limited 100%
- Puffin Packaging Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Julie | Secretary | 2010-07-02 | — | — |
| ARCHBOLD, Benedicte Isabelle Catherine | Director | 2013-01-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
| ARCHBOLD, Catherine Charlotte Louise | Director | 2025-09-01 | Aug 1943 | French |
| ARCHBOLD, David Stuart | Director | — | Sep 1941 | British |
| ARCHBOLD, Xavier Marc | Director | 2007-05-24 | May 1974 | British |
| ARCHBOLD, Yannis Christophe | Director | 2014-10-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| MAHER, Alan | Director | 2007-05-24 | Jul 1968 | British |
| PITMAN, Dominique Claire Katrina | Director | 2013-01-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHFORD, Brian George David | Secretary | 2001-06-04 | 2009-07-31 |
| ASHFORD, Brian George David | Secretary | 1998-03-25 | 2000-06-15 |
| COX, Geoffrey Benson | Secretary | 1995-10-26 | 1998-03-25 |
| COX, Geoffrey Benson | Secretary | — | 1993-09-08 |
| PRICE, Helen Rosemary | Secretary | 2000-06-15 | 2001-06-04 |
| ROBINSON, Colin | Secretary | 1993-09-08 | 1995-10-25 |
| ARCHBOLD HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-07-02 | 2010-07-03 |
| ADAMS, John Gilbert | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| ARCHBOLD, Yannis Christophe | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2010-06-18 |
| ASHFORD, Brian George David | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2020-03-31 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| COX, Geoffrey Benson | Director | — | 2007-05-24 |
| CRESSWELL, Brian David | Director | — | 1994-09-14 |
| HOLMES, Martin | Director | 2007-05-24 | 2021-01-31 |
| HUTCHINSON, Stanley Russell | Director | 1994-10-31 | 1998-07-31 |
| KENNEDY, Paul | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2012-07-18 |
| NEWMAN, Michael Harry | Director | 1993-09-08 | 1994-06-06 |
| ROBINSON, Colin | Director | — | 1995-10-25 |
| TONKS, Ronald Joseph | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| TRINDER, Richard Robert | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2009-03-31 |
| WILSON, Jeremy Simon | Director | 2021-01-25 | 2021-04-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Dominique Claire Katrina Pitman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2025-08-13 | Active |
| Mr David Stuart Archbold | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.