Ark Mep PLC
Registered name: ARK MEP PLC
Ark Mep PLC made £2.2m revenue and £83.3k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Ark Mep PLC’s revenue fell 6% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £83.3k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Loughton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughton, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Public 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 ultimate controlling party is that of the director, M J Finlay.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £2.2m | £4.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £4m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £207k | £404k | £525k | £653k |
| Operating profit | −£118k | £67.8k | £169k | £107k |
| Profit before tax | −£118k | £67.1k | £171k | £107k |
| Profit after tax | −£99.7k | £52.3k | £123k | £83.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£99.7k | £52.3k | £123k | £83.3k |
| Staff costs | £441k | £718k | £385k | £554k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | 1.2% | 5.2% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 9.3% | 22.1% | 29.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £553k | £436k | £238k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | −£24.9k | £5.2k | £12.3k | £9.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −116.6% | 52.6% | −29.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲97% | ▼45.4% | ▼5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲136% | ▼32.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲150% | 0% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £98.5k | £179k | £116k | £89.9k |
| Net assets | £184k | £236k | £322k | £406k |
| Fixed assets | £11k | £9.9k | £8.9k | £8k |
| Current assets | £956k | £2.8m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £85.8k | £132k | £151k | £6.3k |
| Deferred income | £206k | £1.2m | £7.5k | £7.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£11k | −£79k | £89.2k | −£31.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −29.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £406k
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £89.9k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £7.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £8k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £83.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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