Arada Limited
Registered name: ARADA LIMITED
Part of Arada Holdings Limited groupArada Limited made £3.7m revenue and £148k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Arada Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £3.7m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £148k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Axminster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Axminster, South West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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. From the filing: “Arada Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £743k |
| Operating profit | −£375k | £100k |
| Profit before tax | −£395k | £16.1k |
| Profit after tax | −£345k | £148k |
| Profit (best available) | −£345k | £148k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 62 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −7.3% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.6k | £85.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.6k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £192k | £257k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £324k | £254k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £257k
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arada Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arada Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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