Company No. 07729784 · Incorporated 4 Aug 2011
Ara Architecture Limited
Registered name: ARA ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Part of Ares Management Corporation groupAra Architecture Limited made £874k revenue and £35k profit in the year to 6 Apr 2025.
Ara Architecture Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £874k in the year to 6 Apr 2025, with £35k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Frodsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71111Architectural activities
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Frodsham, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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: “RSK Environment Limited”
Latest accounts · year to 6 Apr 2025
Key figures
Capital-light
Revenue
£874k
Growth ▼17.2%
Profit
£35k
Growth —
Profit margin
4%
Gross 32.4%
Employees
10
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£3.5k
Revenue/employee £87.4k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
4 filed years
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 6 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.1m | £874k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £467k | £591k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £588k | £283k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£195k | −£53.2k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£321k | £35k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£321k | £35k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −30.4% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 55.7% | 32.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £106k | £87.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£32.1k | £3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £35.3k | £20.4k | £3.9k | — |
| Net assets | £158k | £268k | −£53.8k | −£18.8k |
| Fixed assets | £81.2k | £61.5k | £15.7k | £12.2k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £525k | £493k |
| Debtors | £460k | £433k | £254k | £187k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
Derived from the latest filing
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue
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 −£18.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £12.2k
Corporate ownership
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ares Management Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ares Management Limited75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- Ara Architecture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 6 Apr 2025 (profit £35k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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