Ark Data Centres Limited
Registered name: ARK DATA CENTRES LIMITED
Ark Data Centres Limited made £258m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Ark Data Centres Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £258m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £6m profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Corsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Corsham, South West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking is Ark Group Limited, a company registered in the Isle of Man, and the ultimate parent undertaking is Ark Capital Partners I LP Inc., a limited partnership registered ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £153m | £196m | £227m | £258m |
| Cost of sales | £133m | £171m | £203m | £221m |
| Gross profit | £20.6m | £25.4m | £23.5m | £36.4m |
| Operating profit | −£3.1m | £1.7m | −£9.3m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.5m | −£782k | −£7.3m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £782k | −£7.3m | £6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £782k | −£7.3m | £6m |
| Staff costs | £9.3m | £10.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 95 | 107 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 0.4% | −3.2% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 13% | 10.4% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | £40k | £8.2k | −£68.7k | £43.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −322.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.8% | ▲15.7% | ▲13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.8% | ▼1040% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲12.6% | ▲29.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.9m | £19.2m | £18m | £30.6m |
| Net assets | £26m | £25.3m | £17.9m | £23.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £10.7m | £9.9m | £8m |
| Current assets | £49.7m | £65.4m | £67.3m | £86.6m |
| Debtors | £16m | £22.2m | £27.9m | £32.4m |
| Deferred income | £19.1m | £21m | £21.2m | £19m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£218k | −£13.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −322.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £23.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £30.6m
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £19m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Crown Hosting Data Centres LimitedRev. £72.9m · Profit £1.9m
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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