Ark Workplace Risk Ltd
Registered name: ARK WORKPLACE RISK LTD
Part of Queen's Park Equity LLP groupArk Workplace Risk Ltd made £13.2m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Ark Workplace Risk Ltd’s revenue grew 19% to £13.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £4m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.1m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.8m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.3m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3.4m | £4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.9m | £4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.9m | £4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 48 | 48 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 26.3% | 30.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 57.1% | 56.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £232k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £61k | £60.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −152.6% | −95.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲36.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | 0% | ▲37.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7k | £14.6k | £1m | £374k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.3m | £3.7m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £164k | £320k | £415k | £532k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £7.6m | £7.2m | £10.1m |
| Debtors | £1m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £437k | £594k | £708k | £714k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£5.1m | −£3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −95.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲40%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £374k
- Headcount
- ▲38%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £714k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £532k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Queen's Park Equity LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Helix International Topco Limited75–100%
- Helix International Holdco Limited75–100%
- Helix International Midco Limited75–100%
- Helix International Bidco Limited75–100%
- Helix International Group Limited75–100%
- Ark Workplace Risk Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Ark Sustainability LtdFigures not disclosed
- Building Safety Management Solution LtdFigures not disclosed
- Firetecnics Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sustainware LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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