ARCHBOLD LOGISTICS LIMITED
Company number 01146071 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Archbold Logistics demonstrates the classic tensions facing mid-sized UK road freight operators: credible revenue growth and customer retention, but acute margin pressure from structural cost inflation. The 37.6% decline in pre-tax profit despite 4.7% turnover growth signals that the company's pricing power is insufficient to offset the combined impact of wage inflation, NIC increases, and driver shortages — headwinds that are sector-wide but appear to be biting disproportionately here. While the £5.24 million equity base and continued fleet investment provide a foundation for resilience, the unsustainable dividend payout ratio and declining cash position suggest that the controlling shareholders may need to prioritise reinvestment over extraction if the business is to maintain competitive positioning in an increasingly capital-intensive and regulated sector.
Shareholders' funds
£5,243,095
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activit
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-11-16
- Employees
- 140 (2025 accounts · was 132 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit H Birch Business Park, Whittle Lane, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2SX
- Postcode
- OL10 2SX
- Capital
- 13,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-17
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
- 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Officers 5 current · 26 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by ARCHBOLD HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA501139 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- archbold.co.uk
Archbold Logistics delivering reliable UK logistics with over 100 years experience | UK logistics company and shipping company based in Lancashire
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ARCHBOLD FREIGHTAGE LIMITED | 2002-08-23 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT H BIRCH BUSINESS PARK, WHITTLE LANE, HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE, OL10 2SX, ENGLAND | 2012-10-31 |
| BIRCH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WHITTLE LANE, HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE, OL10 2SX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-10-31 |
| ALBERT ROAD, MORLEY, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS27 8TT | 2011-04-19 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 291 similar companies in OL
The largest employer among its local peers (140 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1973.
No.1 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Oldham →
Competitors Oldham
This company ranks 1 among freight transport by road in Oldham.
The class of 1973
52%
of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-09-26
- Where
- Greater Manchester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN408311 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-09-26 | — |
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