ABBEY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+37.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
+119.7% vs 2023
Employees
559
-2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+1,101.5% vs 2023
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,880,475 | £73,861,203 | |
| Operating profit | £940,922 | £5,800,967 | |
| Profit before tax | £367,870 | £4,420,090 | |
| Net profit | £44,971 | £3,774,194 | |
| Cash | £733,231 | £1,010,395 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,393,458 | £18,861,501 | |
| Net assets | £3,153,237 | £6,927,431 | |
| Equity | £3,153,237 | £6,927,431 | |
| Average employees | 575 | 559 | |
| Wages | £11,974,326 | £24,667,467 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 1.64x | 4.20x |
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
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the current economic environment and have prepared trading and cash flow projections until 30 June 2026. These forecasts demonstrate that the company is able to generate sufficient cash flows to service its ongoing debt and business requirements as they become due. 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.”
Significant events
- “On 29th October 2024, Axle Bidco Limited, parent company of Abbey Logistics Group acquired 100% share capital of Gussion Transport Limited and Widnes Tank Container Limited. This was a strategic acquisition to secure a vibrant transport facility in a key location with further opportunities to expand additional services such as Washbay cleaning, specialised vehicle maintenance repairs and Isotank storage and handling.”
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-rights-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-08-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 257 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+105.9%
£35,880,475 £73,861,203
-
Cash
+37.8%
£733,231 £1,010,395
-
Net assets
+119.7%
£3,153,237 £6,927,431
-
Employees
-2.8%
575 559
-
Operating profit
+516.5%
£940,922 £5,800,967
-
Profit before tax
+1,101.5%
£367,870 £4,420,090
-
Wages
+106%
£11,974,326 £24,667,467
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers