A K W GLOBAL LOGISTICS LTD
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Cash
£139k
-4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.5m
-66.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
101
+3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5m
-162.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,935,156 | £15,675,287 | £16,468,521 | £16,792,833 | £17,165,506 | £16,036,872 | -6.6% | |
| Operating profit | £7,549,441 | £135,477 | £615,346 | £64,006 | -£1,763,594 | -£4,883,111 | -176.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,421,112 | -£49,487 | £466,485 | -£90,593 | -£1,912,787 | -£5,025,379 | -162.7% | |
| Net profit | £6,136,640 | £6,238 | £508,200 | -£118,780 | -£1,885,765 | -£5,025,379 | -166.5% | |
| Cash | £1,766,858 | £69,682 | £56,661 | £539,876 | £144,863 | £138,821 | -4.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,556,332 | £10,553,273 | £9,572,472 | £9,480,714 | £7,567,927 | £2,570,628 | -66% | |
| Net assets | £9,296,390 | £9,064,272 | £9,572,472 | £9,453,692 | £7,567,927 | £2,542,548 | -66.4% | |
| Equity | £9,296,390 | £9,064,272 | £9,572,472 | £9,453,692 | £7,567,927 | £2,542,548 | -66.4% | |
| Average employees | 130 | 99 | 98 | 103 | 98 | 101 | +3.1% | |
| Wages | £3,363,602 | £2,619,094 | £3,087,561 | £3,126,225 | £3,252,280 | £3,282,640 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £320,584 | £332,250 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 47.4% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 0.4% | -10.3% | -30.4% | |
| Net margin | 38.5% | 0.0% | 3.1% | -0.7% | -11.0% | -31.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.3% | 1.3% | 6.4% | 0.7% | -23.3% | -190.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.8% | 64.9% | 60.1% | 60.8% | 63.9% | 86.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.53x | 1.46x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 58.83x | 0.73x | 4.13x | 0.41x | -11.68x | -33.79x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- A K W GLOBAL LOGISTICS LTD 2015-09-17 → present
- A.K. WORTHINGTON LIMITED 1983-07-14 → 2015-09-17
- TURRETGABLE LIMITED 1983-05-18 → 1983-07-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In forming this view, the directors have considered the Company's current financial position, forecast trading performance and cash flows, together with the wider funding arrangements and support available from the Kinaxia Group.”
Group structure
- A K W GLOBAL LOGISTICS LTD · parent
- AKW Global Logistics Birmingham Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 17 July 2026, the Group's Invoice Discounting Facility with HSBC was increased from a £20,000,000 facility limit to a £25,000,000 facility limit.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKELEY, Allan | Director | 2026-02-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| COX, Graham John | Director | 2025-04-07 | Mar 1968 | British |
| JENKINS, Gareth | Director | 2024-12-21 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WARRILLOW, Benjamin James | Director | 2024-12-21 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Rebecca Therese | Secretary | 1993-10-08 | 2003-07-01 |
| LYONS, Michael James | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| WORTHINGTON, David Mark | Secretary | — | 1993-10-08 |
| DAVIES, Rebecca Therese | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| FIELDS, Peter Richard, Dr | Director | 2018-10-04 | 2024-12-21 |
| GERMANY, Barry John | Director | 2024-12-21 | 2025-12-10 |
| LYONS, Michael James | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| MURRAY, Carl | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2015-02-28 |
| NORFOLK, Graham Richard | Director | 2018-10-04 | 2024-12-21 |
| RICHARDS, Julian Charles | Director | 2000-09-07 | 2021-06-22 |
| WELSH, Paul | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2018-10-04 |
| WELSH, Paul | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2016-05-04 |
| WORTHINGTON, Anthony Kevin | Director | — | 2018-10-04 |
| WORTHINGTON, David Mark | Director | — | 1993-10-08 |
| WORTHINGTON, Karen Lesley | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2018-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Anthony Kevin Worthington | Individual | Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-04 |
| Akw Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.