Arcese UK Limited
Registered name: ARCESE UK LIMITED
Arcese UK Limited made £29.7m revenue and £755k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arcese UK Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £29.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £755k profit. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Tilbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tilbury, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £32.8m | £29.7m |
| Cost of sales | £23.3m | £22.6m | −£20.1m | −£17.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £12.7m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £254k | £876k | £755k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £254k | £876k | £755k |
| Staff costs | £6m | £6.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 140 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 38.8% | 39.9% |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £1.8k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.2% | ▲244.8% | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.5% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £9.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £550k | £375k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Textile Logistics LimitedRev. £14.3m · Profit £1.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £755k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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