Ares Management Limited
Registered name: ARES MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of Ares Management Corporation groupAres Management Limited made £297m revenue and £51.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ares Management Limited’s revenue grew 49% to £297m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £51.4m profit and 434 employees. The company is classified under “fund management activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £153m | £199m | £297m |
| Operating profit | £23.5m | £36.8m | £45.7m |
| Profit before tax | £23.6m | £37m | £45.8m |
| Profit after tax | £21.4m | £31.7m | £51.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £21.4m | £31.7m | £51.4m |
| Employees (average) | 297 | 353 | 434 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14% | 15.9% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £514k | £563k | £685k |
| Profit per employee | £71.9k | £89.8k | £118k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.3% | ▲49.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.3% | ▲62.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲22.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £685k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £118k
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now 434
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ares Management Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ares Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £51.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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