Arken.legal (UK) Limited
Registered name: ARKEN.LEGAL (UK) LIMITED
Part of Leap Legal Software UK Holdings Limited groupArken.legal (UK) Limited made £2.3m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Arken.legal (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £2.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 24 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Tunbridge Wells; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tunbridge Wells, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | −£675k | −£430k | −£291k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£675k | −£448k | −£377k | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£465k | −£399k | −£374k | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£465k | −£399k | −£374k | −£1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 29 | 25 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −29.2% | −22.2% | −18.2% | −72.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £61.2k | £62k | £82.4k | £94.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.9k | −£13.8k | −£15k | −£68.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13% | ▲14.5% | ▲10.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▼13.8% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £667k | £216k | £158k | £153k |
| Net assets | £563k | £163k | −£210k | −£1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.4m | £749k | £351k |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.5m | £2m | £276k |
| Debtors | £46.3k | £21.5k | £25.4k | £58.9k |
| Deferred income | £286k | £332k | £387k | £525k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −72.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£68.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 23.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £153k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £525k
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £351k
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
- Leap Legal Software UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Leap Legal Software Ltd75–100%
- Arken.legal (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Solicitors Own Software LimitedRev. £21.4m · Profit £16m
- Denovo Business Intelligence LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Willsuite Ltd.Figures 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 Jun 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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