Arriva Group Limited
Registered name: ARRIVA GROUP LIMITED
Part of McGurk Group Limited groupArriva Group Limited made £903k revenue and a £3.8m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Arriva Group Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £903k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £3.8m and 10 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Gloucester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gloucester, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £862k | £903k |
| Gross profit | — | £862k | £903k |
| Operating profit | £115k | −£160k | — |
| Profit before tax | £21.7k | £44.5k | −£3.8m |
| Profit after tax | £21.7k | −£78k | −£3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £21.7k | −£78k | −£3.8m |
| Staff costs | £506k | £606k | £275k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −9% | −417.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £71.8k | £90.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | −£6.5k | −£377k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.6% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼459.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7k | £79.7k | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £9.3m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £18.6m | £18.6m | £14.8m |
| Debtors | £43.4k | £35.6k | £29.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −417.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £90.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£377k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 877.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▼66%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £1.7k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £7.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- McGurk Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arriva Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (13)
- 1st Call Plant Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alma House LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Anlore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Byrne & King Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Byrne & King Plant Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dove Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gloucester City Football Club LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keyway LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nationwide Plant & Tool Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nationwide Plant Rental LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nationwide Powered Access LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Powered Access Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trade Plant & Tool Hire LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Apex One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Capital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Care Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arriva Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- McGurk Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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