AKW MEDI-CARE LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-19 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

+16.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+23.9% vs 2023

Employees

221

+0.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-4.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

AKW MEDI-CARE LIMITED 1992-11-26 → present
K.W.P. MEDI-CARE LIMITED 1992-11-16 → 1992-11-26

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Health Care median

AKW MEDI-CARE LIMITED·Health Care median · n=826

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£63,674,000	£68,185,000
Operating profit	£2,535,000	£2,675,000
Profit before tax	£2,552,000	£2,435,000
Net profit	£1,831,000	£1,665,000
Cash	£2,373,000	£2,762,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,808,000	£9,437,000
Net assets	£6,808,000	£8,438,000
Equity	£6,808,000	£8,438,000
Average employees	220	221
Wages	£8,623,000	£8,799,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	4.0%	3.9%
Net margin	2.9%	2.4%
Return on capital employed	37.2%	28.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	61.0%	65.5%
Current ratio	1.60x	1.55x
Interest cover	—	9.98x

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: KPMG Audit LLC
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the consolidated financial statements and company financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the consolidated financial statements and company financial statements (the "going concern period").”

Group structure

AKW MEDI-CARE LIMITED · parent
1. AKW International SA 99.99% · Belgium · distribution of shower trays, cubicles and associated products for the care market
2. AKW Resource Centre Inc 100%

Significant events

“On 10 July 2024, the Board of Directors resolved to discontinue the operations of AKW Resource Centre Inc. due to deteriorating Company EBITDA and low stock turnover.”
“Exceptional items relates to restructuring costs at AKW Medi-Care Limited and closure costs at AKW Resource Centre Inc. in 2024.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 30 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BELL, Colin Paul	Director	2020-01-14	Jul 1971	British
GASCOYNE-DAVIES, Helen	Director	2023-01-01	Jun 1971	British
REYNOLDS, Stuart	Director	2021-01-01	Feb 1986	British
TILL, Matthew	Director	2018-04-18	Apr 1976	British
TINGEY, Paul Murray	Director	2018-04-18	Sep 1967	British

Show 30 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DAVIES, Andrew	Secretary	2004-10-12	2010-07-16
DEANE, Richard John	Secretary	2002-08-12	2004-09-13
MERLEY, Robert Anthony Roy	Secretary	2001-12-22	2002-05-15
NORMAN, Keith James	Secretary	1993-06-01	1995-03-31
POPE, David Sean	Secretary	1995-03-31	1999-01-01
CHURCH STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1992-11-16	1993-06-01
MT SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1999-01-01	2001-12-22
BARBER, Edmund Patrick Harty	Director	1992-11-16	1993-06-01
BURY, Ruth Mary	Director	2007-02-21	2011-12-13
DAVIES, Andrew	Director	2004-10-12	2010-07-16
DEANE, Richard John	Director	2002-08-12	2004-09-13
GITTENS, Edward Watkin	Director	1993-06-01	2000-05-09
HANCOX, Simon	Director	2018-04-18	2020-07-07
HOUGHTON, John	Director	2020-05-04	2021-01-26
INGLEDEW, Ruth Mary	Director	2018-04-18	2021-05-14
JENKINS, Robert	Director	2021-01-01	2024-10-28
JOHNSON, Sally	Director	2021-01-01	2024-11-15
JONES, Clifford Brian	Director	2014-08-20	2017-02-28
KITCHEN, Andrew	Director	2010-09-14	2011-01-31
LOCKTON, Bruce	Director	2011-03-11	2018-04-18
MASSEY, Paul Albert	Director	2010-11-04	2018-04-18
MERLEY, Robert Anthony Roy	Director	1997-01-02	2002-05-15
MOORTON, Vincent David	Director	2018-04-18	2020-07-07
PARSONS, Nicholas James	Director	2001-12-22	2007-11-17
RUNNETT, Roger Miller	Director	2001-05-01	2006-12-31
RUSSELL, Jean	Director	2001-12-22	2003-06-30
RUSSELL, Jean	Director	1993-06-01	1997-01-02
STAKELUM, Victoria	Director	2013-03-21	2014-08-05
WEBB, Anthony Keith	Director	1999-03-12	2001-12-22
ZOUCH, Stephen	Director	2011-06-20	2013-01-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Pennantpark Investment Corporation	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2018-03-15	Active
Eci Partners Llp	Corporate entity	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-03-15

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 167 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-12-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-11-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-11-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-02-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-02-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-02-21	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-01-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-01-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-11-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-12-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-05-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-02-08	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-01-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

+7.1%

£63,674,000 £68,185,000
Cash

+16.4%

£2,373,000 £2,762,000
Net assets

+23.9%

£6,808,000 £8,438,000
Employees

+0.5%

220 221
Operating profit

+5.5%

£2,535,000 £2,675,000
Profit before tax

-4.6%

£2,552,000 £2,435,000
Wages

+2%

£8,623,000 £8,799,000

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

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