AK RETAIL GROUP LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£199,147,224
Balance sheet as at 2026-02-01
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of clothing retail and related accessories.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-06-10
- Employees
- 1083 (2026 accounts · was 1067 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Saxon House Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, PE2 6XJ
- Postcode
- PE2 6XJ
- Capital
- 201 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-02-01
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-10
- Next due by
- 2027-06-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47710 Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Officers 7 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 9 subsidiaries
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ARK CLOTHING LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| AK RETAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2025-05-29 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT B, FINMERE PARK, SOUTHGATE ROAD ORTON SOUTHGATE, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 6YG | 2019-03-01 |
| 1184 LINCOLN ROAD, WERRINGTON, PETERBOROUGH, PE4 6LA | 2014-07-23 |
| 61 PETERBOROUGH ROAD, CASTOR, PETERBOROUGH, PE5 7AL | 2009-10-21 |
| PETERBOROUGH WEB ESTATE, OUNDLE ROAD, WOODSTOW, PETERBOROUGH PE2 9QR | 2007-10-19 |
| 31 CORSHAM STREET, LONDON, N1 6DR | 2004-08-06 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 130 similar companies in PE
The largest employer among its local peers (1083 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
No.1 of the largest retail sale of clothing in specialised stores companies in Peterborough →
Competitors Peterborough
This company ranks 1 among retail sale of clothing in specialised stores in Peterborough.
The class of 2004
27%
of the 524 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 16 titles
- Freehold
- 15
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-03-28
- Price paid, where recorded
- £43,309,000
- Where
- City Of Peterborough (9), Lincolnshire (2), Norfolk (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB448274 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2025-03-28 | £15,500,000 |
| CB496453 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2025-03-28 | — |
| CB102668 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2025-02-20 | — |
| CB391676 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2025-02-20 | £7,200,000 |
| CB305586 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2024-07-18 | £480,000 |
| LL277536 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2024-06-27 | £535,000 |
| NK242897 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2024-04-02 | £234,000 |
| CB313070 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2024-01-31 | £440,000 |
| LL375517 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2023-11-06 | £1,690,000 |
| AV209305 | North Somerset | Freehold | 2023-05-31 | — |
| AV230783 | North Somerset | Freehold | 2023-05-31 | £600,000 |
| CB127760 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2022-06-27 | £14,350,000 |
| DT456497 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Leasehold | 2020-09-29 | £2,100,000 |
| CB101197 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2018-08-07 | — |
| CB111334 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2018-08-07 | — |
| NK285297 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2018-05-15 | £180,000 |
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