ABBEY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£553k
-45.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.1m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
540
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
-70.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £35,880,475 | £73,861,203 | £69,472,648 | -5.9% | |
| Operating profit | £940,922 | £5,800,967 | £2,632,053 | -54.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £367,870 | £4,420,090 | £1,306,776 | -70.4% | |
| Net profit | £44,971 | £3,774,194 | £1,148,207 | -69.6% | |
| Cash | £733,231 | £1,010,395 | £552,709 | -45.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,393,458 | £18,861,501 | £20,394,746 | +8.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,153,237 | £6,927,431 | £8,075,638 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £3,153,237 | £6,927,431 | £8,075,638 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 575 | 559 | 540 | -3.4% | |
| Wages | £11,974,326 | £24,667,467 | £24,676,505 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £246,199 | £444,637 | £589,261 | +32.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,241 | £27,559 | £33,907 | +23% | |
| Highest paid director | £328,167 | £145,892 | £142,741 | -2.2% |
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 | 2.6% | 7.9% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 5.1% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 30.8% | 12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.8% | 81.0% | 79.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.88x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 1.64x | 4.20x | 1.99x |
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
- ABBEY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED 2011-05-13 → present
- ABBEY ROAD TANKS LTD 1990-03-22 → 2011-05-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After careful consideration, the directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Therefore, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE SMET, Birger Albert Gerard | Director | 2026-04-16 | Apr 1985 | Belgian |
| ELLIS, Richard Michael | Director | 2017-01-09 | Oct 1963 | British |
| JAMIESON, Paul | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1985 | British |
| PARSONS, Matthew James | Director | 2025-09-25 | Sep 1979 | British |
| SAELENS, David Robert Karel | Director | 2023-10-27 | Jul 1975 | Belgian |
| SAELENS, Nicolas Robert Andre | Director | 2023-10-27 | Oct 1981 | Belgian |
| WIGNALL-JENNINGS, Nicola | Director | 2025-09-25 | Jun 1974 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANITE, Steve | Secretary | 2004-12-21 | 2009-05-26 |
| JAMIESON, Paul | Secretary | 2009-05-26 | 2017-11-08 |
| LUCY, Stephen Joseph | Secretary | — | 1997-10-22 |
| RANDLE, Tom | Secretary | 2017-11-08 | 2019-01-22 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Mark | Secretary | 1997-10-22 | 2004-12-21 |
| CHAMBERS, Christopher James | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2018-11-16 |
| CONROY, Harry | Director | 2001-10-08 | 2010-12-01 |
| COULSON, David | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2022-05-06 |
| FARRELL, Stephen | Director | 2011-01-06 | 2014-07-04 |
| GRANITE, Steven | Director | 2004-12-21 | 2023-10-27 |
| HOLLUND, Bernhard Stewart | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2009-07-03 |
| HUDSON, Karl | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2015-09-18 |
| JONGKIND, Rudolph | Director | 1999-09-03 | 2001-10-08 |
| KENNY, Peter Michael Anthony | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2017-10-31 |
| LUCY, Charles Anthony | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2017-09-11 |
| LUCY, Charles Anthony | Director | — | 1998-10-01 |
| LUCY, Mark Anthony | Director | — | 2013-11-22 |
| LUCY, Stephen Joseph | Director | — | 2016-08-03 |
| LUCY (JNR), Charles Anthony | Director | — | 2000-08-24 |
| MALE, Matthew Toby | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2026-04-06 |
| PALMER, Andrew James | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2018-01-18 |
| PATTEN, David | Director | 2019-09-12 | 2026-01-01 |
| SAVILLE, Josette | Director | 2022-10-05 | 2024-05-10 |
| SMITH, Martin | Director | 1998-03-13 | 1999-11-01 |
| THOMAS, David James | Director | 2016-12-15 | 2017-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axle Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Voting 50–75% (as firm) | 2016-08-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.