GBA LOGISTICS LTD
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Cash
£2.9m
+11.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.1m
+10.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
517
+3.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+1,614.9% 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 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 | £71,054,491 | £99,229,910 | £110,893,921 | +11.8% | |
| Operating profit | £316,743 | £826,528 | £1,858,405 | +124.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£226,235 | £61,971 | £1,062,767 | +1,614.9% | |
| Net profit | -£162,296 | -£176,017 | £726,220 | +512.6% | |
| Cash | £1,170,257 | £2,570,945 | £2,874,726 | +11.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,705,159 | £13,822,468 | £12,868,065 | -6.9% | |
| Net assets | £8,009,687 | £7,364,424 | £8,116,580 | +10.2% | |
| Equity | £8,009,687 | £7,364,424 | £8,116,580 | +10.2% | |
| Average employees | 363 | 499 | 517 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £12,314,630 | £22,361,851 | £24,471,264 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £140,219 | £291,723 | £303,136 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £76,681 | £66,631 | £66,321 | -0.5% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £109,663 | £109,869 | +0.2% |
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 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | 6.0% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.9% | 83.6% | 80.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.89x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 0.58x | 1.08x | 2.33x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £3,585k, at the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GBA LOGISTICS LTD · parent
- G.B.A. Services Limited 95%
- GBA Global Solutions Limited 100%
- GBA Global Limited 100%
- GBA Management Services Limited 100%
- GBA Limited 100%
- Gba Logistics Portugal, Unipessoal Lda 100%
- GBA Logistics Germany GmbH 100%
- GBA Logistics GmbH 98%
- GBA Services Europe Sp. z o.o 100%
- GBA Austria Expeditions GmbH 100%
- SXG Holdings Limited 100%
- The Silver X Group Limited 100%
- Bow Distribution and Warehousing Limited 100%
- GBA Logistics (Ireland) Limited 100%
- GBA Xtra Mile Limited 100%
- GBA Express Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, in April 2026, the Group successfully completed a refinancing exercise which included the introduction of a new four-year term loan facility with HSBC Bank plc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Philip | Secretary | 2020-12-23 | — | — |
| BIRKBECK, Andrew John | Director | 2020-12-23 | Apr 1974 | British |
| BIRKBECK, David James | Director | 2017-03-14 | May 1967 | British |
| BIRKBECK, David Watson | Director | 2017-03-14 | Jul 1942 | British |
| BIRKBECK, Paul David | Director | 2020-12-23 | Oct 1965 | British |
| BROOM, Keith | Director | 2025-02-13 | May 1963 | British |
| ZAK, Peter Stefan | Director | 2020-12-23 | Sep 1964 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Watson Birkbeck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-14 | Ceased 2026-04-02 |
| Mr David James Birkbeck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-12 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 6
- 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.