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REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641 (England and Wales)















AMG FORWARDING LIMITED

STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025






AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025










Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Income Statement 8

Statement of Financial Position 9

Notes to the Financial Statements 10


AMG FORWARDING LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025







DIRECTORS: M S Bigley
A M Griffiths
R G Harris
K.D. Thomas





SECRETARY: A M Griffiths





REGISTERED OFFICE: C73 Shelton Boulevard
Stoke on Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 5GQ





REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Folkes Worton LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
15-17 Church Street
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1LU

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The Group continued to make strong progress during 2025 in delivering its long-term strategic objectives, further strengthening its position as an integrated global supply chain management provider. Our strategy remains focused on delivering value added services across the entire supply chain, from production through to final delivery, through a fully integrated 5PL operating model.

For the year ended 2025, the Group generated adjusted EBITDA of £5.2 million after adjusting for reorganisation costs and strategic investments undertaken during the year. These investments included the development of partnerships with several high growth FMCG brands, enhancing the Group's procurement, sales support and supply chain capabilities. Together, these initiatives have broadened the Group's service offering and strengthened its ability to deliver integrated supply chain solutions for customers operating in increasingly complex global markets.

During the year, the Group made significant strategic progress across its operations, including:
- Continued expansion of the regional freight forwarding network across the UK and China, strengthening global air, sea and road freight capabilities.
- Further development of the UK warehousing estate, increasing capacity and enhancing integrated B2B, D2C and returns management services.
- Modernisation of the road transport fleet through the introduction of more energy-efficient vehicles, improving operational efficiency while supporting the Group's environmental objectives.
- Ongoing investment in warehouse automation, systems integration and artificial intelligence to improve productivity, enhance customer service and provide a scalable platform for future growth.
- Continued delivery of the Group's Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") strategy. Through its partnership with Carbon Neutral Britain, the Group remains carbon neutral while progressing initiatives including electric vehicles, solar energy generation, rainwater harvesting, cycle-to-work schemes and hybrid working practices.
- Continued support for local communities through the Emerge Connected initiative, providing financial assistance and practical support to projects and charities that are important to our employees and the communities in which we operate.

Our people remain at the heart of the Group's success. During the year, we further strengthened our Finance, Sales and Operations teams, enhancing the infrastructure required to support continued growth. The Board recognises that the knowledge, expertise and commitment of our employees are fundamental to the successful delivery of our strategy and remains committed to developing talent, creating opportunities for progression and attracting high calibre individuals to the business.

The Group also enhanced its funding capacity through its long-standing relationships with Arbuthnot Bank and Beechbrook Capital. These facilities provide the financial flexibility to continue investing in strategic initiatives, support organic growth and pursue opportunities that further strengthen the Group's integrated supply chain platform.

The Board remains confident in the Group's long-term strategy and believes the investments made during 2025 have established a strong foundation for continued sustainable growth, enabling the business to deliver increasing value for customers, employees and shareholders.

REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS (CONTINUED)
The company is part of the Emerge Global Limited group of companies and therefore its results are included in the parents consolidated financial statements.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





M S Bigley - Director


31 July 2026

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of other transportation support.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2025 to the date of this report.

M S Bigley
A M Griffiths
R G Harris
K.D. Thomas

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Folkes Worton LLP, having been appointed during the period, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.


AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:



M S Bigley - Director


31 July 2026

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
AMG FORWARDING LIMITED


Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of AMG Forwarding Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Statement of Financial Position and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
AMG FORWARDING LIMITED


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above and on the Financial Reporting Council's website, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.

We obtain and update our understanding of the entity, its activities, its control environment, its group and likely future developments, including in relation to the legal and regulatory framework applicable and how the entity is complying with that framework. Based on this understanding, we identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. This includes consideration of the risk of acts by the entity that were contrary to applicable laws and regulations, including fraud.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
AMG FORWARDING LIMITED


In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, including fraud, we designed procedures which include:

- Enquire of management and those charged with governance around actual and potential litigation and claims as well as actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
- Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
-Assessing the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations considered to have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company through enquiry and inspection;
- Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- Performing audit work over the risk of management bias and override of controls, including testing of journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions outside the normal course of business and reviewing accounting estimates for indicators of potential bias.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher then for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Neil Smith BSc FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Folkes Worton LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
15-17 Church Street
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 1LU

31 July 2026

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Period
1/4/24
Year Ended to
31/12/25 31/12/24
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 9,066,410 4,928,634

Cost of sales 3,611,744 1,450,397
GROSS PROFIT 5,454,666 3,478,237

Administrative expenses 3,146,777 2,604,408
OPERATING PROFIT 4 2,307,889 873,829

Interest receivable and similar income 11,903 3,908
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 2,319,792 877,737

Tax on profit 101,171 231,102
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2,218,621 646,635

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
31 DECEMBER 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 5 626,325 837,060

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 6 5,614,275 2,406,625
Cash at bank and in hand 168,679 754,025
5,782,954 3,160,650
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 7 1,117,488 890,916
NET CURRENT ASSETS 4,665,466 2,269,734
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

5,291,791

3,106,794

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 32,144 65,768
NET ASSETS 5,259,647 3,041,026

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 2 2
Retained earnings 5,259,645 3,041,024
5,259,647 3,041,026

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 31 July 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





M S Bigley - Director


AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

AMG Forwarding Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Turnover
Turnover represents net sales of goods/services, excluding value added tax

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less any accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter.
Short leasehold-10% on cost or over the life of the lease if shorter
Plant and machinery-25% on cost
Fixtures and fittings-25% on cost
Motor vehicles-27.5% on reducing balance
Computer equipment-25% on cost

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the disposal proceeds and the carrying value of the asset and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

3. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 28 (2024 - 31 ) .

4. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging:

Period
1/4/24
Year Ended to
31/12/25 31/12/24
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 231,558 253,605

5. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant and
machinery
etc
£   
COST
At 1 January 2025 1,422,883
Additions 20,823
At 31 December 2025 1,443,706
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 585,823
Charge for year 231,558
At 31 December 2025 817,381
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 626,325
At 31 December 2024 837,060

6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Trade debtors 546,614 805,444
Amounts owed by group undertakings 3,973,477 1,063,122
Other debtors 1,094,184 538,059
5,614,275 2,406,625

AMG FORWARDING LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04851641)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025


7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 386,055 534,208
Trade creditors 577,374 105,034
Amounts owed to group undertakings 108,207 -
Taxation and social security 32,304 234,160
Other creditors 13,548 17,514
1,117,488 890,916

8. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Within one year 31,200 31,200
Between one and five years - 31,200
31,200 62,400

9. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The intermediate controlling party is AMG Fulfilment Logistics Limited whilst the ultimate controlling party is Emerge Global Limited.