ALFRED H. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£10m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15m
Equity attributable
Employees
446
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.6m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £116,012,330 | — | |
| Operating profit | £5,018,290 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,616,225 | — | |
| Net profit | £4,208,194 | — | |
| Cash | £10,249,111 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,125,923 | — | |
| Net assets | £14,858,318 | — | |
| Equity | £14,858,318 | — | |
| Average employees | 446 | — | |
| Wages | £17,637,988 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £973,279 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,176 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £615,984 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 12.48x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Directors believe is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ALFRED H. KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Alfred H Knight Zimbabwe (Private) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAKINSON, Steven Paul | Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| BAXTER, Ian | Director | 2023-04-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| GOLBORNE, Nigel | Director | 2012-04-02 | Apr 1963 | British |
| KNIGHT, David John Leslie | Director | — | Jun 1956 | British |
| KNIGHT, Richard Kenneth | Director | 1995-01-03 | May 1962 | British |
| WALDER, Thomas Guy | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jul 1986 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, Juliet | Secretary | — | 2003-05-02 |
| SADLER, Sandra | Secretary | 2003-05-02 | 2025-12-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Matthew Steven | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2016-05-23 |
| DAVIES, Anthony, Dr | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1998-05-29 |
| KATZ, Alan Michael | Director | — | 2011-03-25 |
| KNIGHT, John Frederick Leslie | Director | — | 2014-01-12 |
| WALLS, Graham Kenneth | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2016-12-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Graham Francis | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Norman | Director | — | 1995-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred H Knight Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.