ARCHBOLD LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£922k
-36.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2m
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
140
+6.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£728k
-37.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,783,817 | £25,036,485 | £28,568,411 | £28,831,520 | £30,184,072 | +4.7% | |
| Operating profit | £493,229 | £1,796,070 | £1,470,006 | £1,239,169 | £820,171 | -33.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £383,553 | £1,718,798 | £1,379,631 | £1,167,359 | £728,228 | -37.6% | |
| Net profit | £307,904 | £1,421,079 | £1,065,291 | £826,420 | £474,373 | -42.6% | |
| Cash | £544,835 | £941,635 | £470,746 | £1,460,741 | £921,939 | -36.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,699,554 | £9,794,907 | £11,212,337 | £11,049,384 | £11,018,971 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,393,416 | £3,189,495 | £5,139,802 | £5,224,722 | £5,243,095 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £1,393,416 | £3,189,495 | £5,139,802 | £5,224,722 | £5,243,095 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 116 | 125 | 132 | 132 | 140 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £7,347,600 | £7,467,244 | £8,543,801 | +14.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £366,569 | £265,950 | £296,123 | +11.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £107,251 | £16,283 | £16,864 | +3.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £174,378 | £194,284 | £220,475 | +13.5% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 7.2% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 5.7% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 18.3% | 13.1% | 11.2% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.2% | 71.7% | 70.7% | 68.4% | 69.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.38x | 1.46x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 4.50x | 23.24x | 15.46x | 17.08x | 8.82x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARCHBOLD LOGISTICS LIMITED 2002-08-23 → present
- ARCHBOLD FREIGHTAGE LIMITED 1973-11-16 → 2002-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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 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 LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Archbold Logistics (Manchester) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors plan to continue moving the business forward towards its long-term objectives and to generate profitable sales growth over the coming years.”
- “Archbold Logistics will continue to focus on markets where it has leadership, success, and experience.”
- “A challenge moving forward is to continue the growth of the business in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Julie | Secretary | 2010-08-24 | — | — |
| ARCHBOLD, David Stuart | Director | 1993-09-08 | Sep 1941 | British |
| ARCHBOLD, Yannis Christophe | Director | 2014-04-01 | Mar 1976 | British |
| HOLMES, Julie | Director | 2008-01-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| MAHER, Alan | Director | 2001-10-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 26 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 |
| ADAMS, John Gilbert | Director | 1994-02-10 | 1997-09-30 |
| ARCHBOLD, Xavier Marc | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2012-09-03 |
| ARCHBOLD, Yannis Christophe | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2010-06-18 |
| ASHFORD, Brian George David | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2009-10-01 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2007-10-04 | 2009-03-31 |
| BLACKWOOD, Walter Murray | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2019-09-30 |
| COX, Geoffrey Benson | Director | 1994-02-10 | 2004-04-21 |
| COX, Geoffrey Benson | Director | — | 1993-09-08 |
| CRESSWELL, Brian David | Director | — | 1994-09-14 |
| EDGE, David Robert | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2010-09-02 |
| HORTON, Geoffrey Charles | Director | — | 1994-07-08 |
| HUTCHINSON, Stanley Russell | Director | 1994-10-31 | 1998-07-31 |
| KENNEDY, Paul | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2012-07-18 |
| MATTHEWS, Ian | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2008-12-31 |
| MORFILL, Michael | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2017-06-28 |
| NEWMAN, Michael Harry | Director | 1993-09-08 | 1994-06-06 |
| ROBINSON, Colin | Director | — | 1995-10-25 |
| TONKS, Ronald Joseph | Director | 1994-02-10 | 1996-07-24 |
| TRINDER, Richard Robert | Director | 1998-03-25 | 2009-03-31 |
| WILKINSON, Geoffrey | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2008-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbold Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.