Ak Destribution Ltd
Registered name: AK DESTRIBUTION LTD
Ak Destribution Ltd made £17.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Ak Destribution Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £17.8m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.9m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Manchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £14.2m | £14.5m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12m | £12.6m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.1m | £835k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.1m | £835k | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8% | 5.8% | 10.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.3% | 13.2% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £508k | £414k | £337k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £40.4k | £23.8k | £35.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1.8% | ▲23.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼26.3% | ▲127.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.1% | ▲154.6% | ▲25% | ▲51.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £46.3k | £58.9k | £64.5k | £6.8k | £598k |
| Net assets | £20.5k | £32.6k | £1.2m | £2m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £41k | £64.9k | £709k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £119k | £153k | £947k | £1.5m | £3.4m |
| Debtors | £72.3k | £94.5k | £621k | £882k | £1.9m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▲95%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8650%
- Now £598k
- Headcount
- ▲51%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £1.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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