Arcus Investment Limited
Registered name: ARCUS INVESTMENT LIMITED
Arcus Investment Limited made £35m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Arcus Investment Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £35m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.1m profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “fund management activities” and is based in Worthing; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worthing, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Arcus Jersey Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £30.3m | £35m |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £4.3m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £17.6m | £25.9m | £29.5m |
| Operating profit | £574k | £864k | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £9.9m | £16.1m | £18.9m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 14 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 86.2% | 85.7% | 84.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | £148k | £115k | £143k |
| Cash conversion | 1426% | 935.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲48% | ▲15.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲32.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £13.9m | £21.4m | £6.3m |
| Net assets | £14.5m | £15.6m | £17m |
| Fixed assets | £13.6m | £14.7m | £16.2m |
| Current assets | £16.4m | £25m | £28.3m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.9m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £12.9m | £21.4m | — |
| Cash from operations | £8.2m | £8.1m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £143k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £17m
- Cash at bank
- ▼71%
- Now £6.3m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £16.2m
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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