Akm North Ltd
Registered name: AKM NORTH LTD
Part of Akm UK Group Ltd groupAkm North Ltd made £15.1m revenue and £255k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Akm North Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £255k profit and 324 employees. The company is classified under “take-away food shops and mobile food stands” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.3m | £14.7m | £14.7m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10m | £9.8m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £437k | £438k | £374k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £440k | £427k | £371k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £336k | £285k | £255k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £336k | £285k | £255k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.9m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 365 | 408 | 365 | 324 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 37.4% | 32.4% | 33% | 32.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.2k | £36.1k | £40.2k | £46.7k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £824 | £781 | £787 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▼0.4% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.5% | ▼15.2% | ▼10.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▼10.5% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £904k | £981k | £708k |
| Net assets | £989k | £825k | £860k | £515k |
| Fixed assets | £749k | £470k | £323k | £127k |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £9k | £19k | £13.9k | £12.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £787
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼40%
- Now £515k
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £708k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 324
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼61%
- Now £127k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Akm UK Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Akm North Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Akm South LtdRev. £13.7m · Profit £369k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £255k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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