Arealight Limited
Registered name: AREALIGHT LIMITED
Arealight Limited made £287k revenue and £18.6k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Arealight Limited’s revenue grew 40% to £287k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £18.6k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £204k | £287k |
| Cost of sales | — | £122k | £190k |
| Gross profit | — | £82.1k | £97.4k |
| Operating profit | — | £11.7k | £23.7k |
| Profit before tax | — | £11.7k | £23.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | £8.7k | £18.6k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £8.7k | £18.6k |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.3% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.2% | 33.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £51.1k | £71.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.2k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲40.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲112.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £87k | £62.4k | £87.4k |
| Net assets | £102k | £70.9k | £89.5k |
| Fixed assets | £15.2k | £11.5k | £8.6k |
| Current assets | £105k | £69.7k | £130k |
| Debtors | £17.8k | £7.3k | £42.8k |
| Deferred income | £2.4k | £2.4k | £2.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £89.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲40%
- Now £87.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £2.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £8.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £18.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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