Alfred H. Knight Holdings Limited
Private Limited Company · Prescot
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1985Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£119,743,500
Cash
£28,787,254
Turnover
£236,376,220
Profit / loss
£3,421,755
Current assets
£97,412,837
Creditors < 1 year
£47,618,427
Equity
£119,743,500
Average employees
6,312
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £119,743,500 | £117,113,893 |
| Equity | £119,743,500 | £117,113,893 |
| Share capital | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| Retained earnings | £117,839,963 | £115,137,121 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £73,557,900 | £68,978,180 |
| Intangible assets | £13,154,540 | £14,805,785 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £52,946,384 | £48,943,375 |
| Investments | £7,456,976 | £5,229,020 |
| Current assets | £97,412,837 | £90,877,649 |
| Cash at bank | £28,787,254 | £30,435,481 |
| Debtors | — | £53,294,352 |
| Stock | £2,827,195 | £2,356,095 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £47,618,427 | £37,714,224 |
| Creditors after one year | £3,608,810 | £4,633,485 |
| Provisions | — | £394,227 |
| Net current assets | £49,794,410 | £53,163,425 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £123,352,310 | £122,141,605 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £236,376,220 | £206,484,598 |
| Cost of sales | £130,704,817 | £116,705,895 |
| Gross profit | £105,671,403 | £89,778,703 |
| Administrative expenses | £104,575,160 | £82,625,282 |
| Other operating income | £3,862,541 | £1,505,439 |
| Operating profit | £3,079,455 | £7,562,998 |
| Interest receivable | £748,630 | £704,676 |
| Interest payable | £121,528 | £143,350 |
| Profit before tax | £8,630,332 | £13,941,335 |
| Tax | £5,208,577 | £6,225,565 |
| Profit / loss | £3,421,755 | £7,715,770 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £8,269,298 | £6,727,790 |
| Amortisation | £1,613,813 | £622,842 |
| Audit fees | £49,000 | £62,300 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 6,312 | 4,681 |
| Staff costs | £111,622,356 | £95,243,620 |
| Wages & salaries | £94,238,937 | £81,445,687 |
| Social security costs | £11,794,896 | £9,158,363 |
| Pension costs | £5,588,523 | £4,639,570 |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,936,707 | £951,857 |
| Highest paid director | £727,826 | £590,604 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Principal activity
- The principal activity of Alfred H. Knight Holdings Limited ('the parent Company') and its subsidiary companies during the year remained that of assaying and sampling.
- What it does
- assaying · sampling · mineral processing · inspection · analytical services · geochemistry (AI keywords)
- The year
- The Group continued its transition during 2025, with the integrations of AHK India and Alfred H Knight Mineral Processing UK Limited, along with a minority investment in a Laboratory business in Kyrgyzstan and a strategic partnership in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expanding its capability across agriculture, metallurgy and geochemistry fields. Organic growth continues via complimentary business lines and the Group continues to pursue new opportunities with particular emphasis on the circular economy. In summary, the Group’s acquisitional and organic activities have served to further diversify its service line and geographical capability and footprint.
- Outlook
- Both the level of business and the year-end financial position were satisfactory and the Directors remain confident of the long-term prospects for the Group and Company.
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-07-29, signed by D J L Knight
Subsidiaries (7)
- Alfred H Knight Angola (SU) Lda · 100% · Provicia de Luanda, Municipio, Dist Urb e Bairro de Talatona, Av Samora Mechel, Ed Masuika Off Plaza, Bloco B4. A. · analytical sampling and assaying
- Dr. Amin Controllers PVT Ltd · 90% · 506, 5th Floor, Hubtown Solaris,, N.S.Phadke Marg Saiwadi, Opp: Teli Gally, Vijay Nagar, Andheri (East), Mumbai -400 069 India · analytical sampling and assaying
- Alfred H Knight Bangladesh Limited · 100% · Green City Regency (12th Floor), 26, 27, 27/1, Kakrail C/A, Dhaka-1000 · analytical sampling and assaying
- Alfred H Knight Mineral Processing UK Limited · 100% · 14 Tresillian Business Park Tresillian, Truro, Cornwall, England, TR2 4HF · analytical sampling and assaying
- Alfred H Knight Zimbabwe (Private) Limited · 100% · Kudenga House, 3 Baines Ave, (PO Box334) Harare, Zimbabwe. · analytical sampling and assaying
- Alfred H Knight Commodity Services Vietnam Company · 100% · So 400/6 Duong ung Van Khiem, Phuang 25, Quan Binh Thanh, Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam · analytical sampling and assaying
- Alfred H Knight Androcaucasus · 100% · Moskoyyan St. / YA Kentron 0002 Yerevan, Armenia · analytical sampling and assaying
Turnover by segment (10)
- United Kingdom: 11,829,767 (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 10,131,314 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 61,561,782 (2025-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 49,710,840 (2024-12-31)
- America: 71,632,631 (2025-12-31)
- America: 64,890,072 (2024-12-31)
- Asia: 68,448,704 (2025-12-31)
- Asia: 72,196,639 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of the World: 22,903,336 (2025-12-31)
- Rest of the World: 9,555,733 (2024-12-31)
Associates & joint ventures (1)
- A.H. Knight (Jinling) Co. Ltd · joint venture · 50% · Room 2201 L2, Unit ABCJ, No.1 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing, China
Principal risks (8)
- ongoing litigation
- geopolitical risk
- cyber security and information management
- competition and customer risk
- Ukraine / Russia conflict
- inflationary pressures
- supply constraints
- volatile pricing
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
1 outstanding chargesFixed · created 1989-08-25
All monies
OutstandingShow 3 satisfied / released
Property · created 1994-02-18 · satisfied 2004-03-09
All monies
SatisfiedProperty · created 1986-09-30 · satisfied 1993-12-01
All monies
SatisfiedProperty · created 1986-09-30 · satisfied 2004-03-09
All monies
Satisfied