Arkance UK Limited
Registered name: ARKANCE UK LIMITED
Arkance UK Limited made £20.5m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arkance UK Limited’s revenue fell 60% to £20.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52m | £34.2m | £51.6m | £20.5m |
| Cost of sales | £40m | £26.3m | £41m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £12.1m | £7.9m | £10.6m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £325k | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £194k | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.6m | £77.9k | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £77.9k | £1.9m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £6.2m | £6.8m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 93 | 93 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 0.2% | 3.8% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 23% | 20.5% | 57.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £560k | £368k | £554k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | £38.2k | £838 | £20.9k | £24.4k |
| Cash conversion | −151.6% | 1351% | −384.3% | 162.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.3% | ▲50.8% | ▼60.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼97.8% | ▲2393% | ▲0.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.6m | £1.7m | £10.6m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £3.1m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £385k | £129k | £76.8k | £112k |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £9.8m | £26.8m | £19.7m |
| Debtors | £6m | £4.3m | £2.1m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £625k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£6.3m | £4.4m | −£8.6m | £3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 162.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- ▲63%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼42%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £112k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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