ALLIED INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED
Company number 03232058 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Allied International Trading is a well-capitalised, mid-tier UK distributor of PPE and workwear that has demonstrated strong balance sheet growth over the past six years, with net assets nearly doubling to £21.3 million. However, the business faces significant margin compression, with profit before tax falling 45% to £658,000 in 2024 despite broadly stable revenue of £20.2 million, driven by rising freight costs, currency headwinds from dollar-denominated purchases, and intensifying price competition in a post-pandemic market characterised by oversupply. The company's exceptional capitalisation provides resilience, but its strategic pivot toward margin protection over revenue growth will need to deliver improved profitability to maintain its competitive positioning against larger, better-scaled national distributors.
Shareholders' funds
£21,308,422
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
import & distribution of disposable hygiene, protective clothing and footwear.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-07-31
- Employees
- 54 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Rabone Park, Smethwick, England, B66 2NN
- Postcode
- B66 2NN
- Capital
- 450,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-09
- Next due by
- 2027-07-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
- 86900 Other human health activities
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA329811 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| A1 HUBERT ROAD, BRENTWOOD, ESSEX, CM14 4JE | 2016-09-29 |
| 11 THE SIDINGS, HAINAULT ROAD LEYTONSTONE, LONDON, E11 1HD | 2002-06-25 |
| MALCOLM HOUSE, EMPIRE WAY, WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX HA9 0LN | 1998-09-02 |
| 6 SAVERNAKE COURT, WOLVERTON ROAD, STANMORE, MIDDLESEX HA7 2RA | 1998-01-06 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 241 similar companies in B
3rd largest employer among its local peers (54 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.
No.1 of the largest wholesale of clothing and footwear companies in Birmingham →
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of clothing and footwear in Birmingham.
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,235 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2019-10-07
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,425,010
- Where
- West Midlands (4), Essex (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM74845 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2019-10-07 | £770,000 |
| WM829780 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2019-03-11 | £1,655,010 |
| WM824935 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2013-12-13 | — |
| WM853971 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2005-04-06 | — |
| EX685204 | Essex | Freehold | 2002-06-25 | — |
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