Arum Systems Ltd
Registered name: ARUM SYSTEMS LTD
Part of Love Yellow Limited groupArum Systems Ltd made £8m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Arum Systems Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2m profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 19.5% | 25.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.6% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £26.8k | £39.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £30.7k | £385 |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.6k | £10.1k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £552k |
| Deferred income | £630k | £770k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▼77%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £385
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £770k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £10.1k
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
- Love Yellow Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arum Global Limited75–100%
- Arum Systems Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Just Collect LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit −£310k
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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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