Arc Inspirations Limited
Registered name: ARC INSPIRATIONS LIMITED
Part of BGF Group PLC groupArc Inspirations Limited made £47.2m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Arc Inspirations Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £47.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 968 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 26 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.8m | £47.4m | £47.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £10.5m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £31.5m | £36.9m | £36.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £721k | £134k |
| Profit before tax | £172k | −£913k | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£12.8k | −£1m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£12.8k | −£1m | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £15.7m | £17.7m | £17.5m |
| Employees (average) | 891 | 1,024 | 968 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | −2.1% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 77.1% | 77.8% | 78.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.8k | £46.3k | £48.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£14 | −£987 | −£1.3k |
| Cash conversion | −232.2% | −404.7% | −4133% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▼0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.9% | ▼5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.7m | £5.8m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | −£498k | £1m | −£273k |
| Fixed assets | £14.6m | £18.4m | £22.3m |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £9.3m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £409k | £307k | £298k |
| Deferred income | £4.4m | £4.8m | £5.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.8m | −£2.9m | −£5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 78.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −4133%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼127%
- Now −£273k
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 968
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £5.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £22.3m
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
- BGF Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- BGF GP Limited75–100%
- Arc Inspirations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Arc Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Mill Holdco LimitedLiquidationFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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