AK RETAIL GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£77M
+86.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£172M
+24.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,067
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£46M
+32.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-02
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-28 | 2025-02-02 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £230,796,006 | £257,598,221 | +11.6% | |
| Operating profit | £33,342,386 | £41,990,963 | +25.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £35,079,187 | £46,383,127 | +32.2% | |
| Net profit | £25,966,349 | £34,511,003 | +32.9% | |
| Cash | £41,243,951 | £77,005,937 | +86.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £145,474,208 | £175,914,188 | +20.9% | |
| Net assets | £138,528,451 | £171,998,776 | +24.2% | |
| Equity | £138,528,451 | £171,998,776 | +24.2% | |
| Average employees | 1,004 | 1,067 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £25,248,547 | £27,224,853 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £329,233 | £319,355 | -3% |
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 | 2024-01-28 | 2025-02-02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.4% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 13.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.9% | 23.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.0% | 17.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.71x | 5.46x |
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
- AK RETAIL GROUP LIMITED 2025-05-29 → present
- AK RETAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2004-06-10 → 2025-05-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ensors Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- AK RETAIL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Yours Clothing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Since the period ended 2 February 2025 the Group has completed the acquisition of two freehold properties comprising a new head office and a warehouse facility for a total consideration of £22.7million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREECE, David James | Secretary | 2004-06-10 | — | British |
| KILLINGSWORTH, Andrew Robert | Director | 2004-06-10 | Feb 1962 | British |
| KILLINGSWORTH, Ashley Robert | Director | 2025-08-28 | Aug 1998 | British |
| KILLINGSWORTH, Harley Robert | Director | 2025-08-28 | Jul 1997 | British |
| PREECE, David James | Director | 2018-08-09 | Aug 1956 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-06-10 | 2004-06-10 |
| THURLOW, Richard James | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2020-07-23 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-06-10 | 2004-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Andrew Robert Killingsworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-05-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.