Arcus Universe Limited
Registered name: ARCUS UNIVERSE LIMITED
Arcus Universe Limited made £1.2m revenue and £96.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Arcus Universe Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £96.4k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Camberley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Camberley, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £442k | £451k |
| Gross profit | — | £630k | £752k |
| Operating profit | — | £47.2k | £124k |
| Profit before tax | — | £49.4k | £128k |
| Profit after tax | — | £39.5k | £96.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £39.5k | £96.4k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.7% | 8% |
| Gross margin | — | 58.8% | 62.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £179k | £70.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6.6k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲144% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲183.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £255k | £335k | £331k |
| Net assets | £316k | £356k | £274k |
| Fixed assets | −£36.8k | −£85.5k | £8k |
| Current assets | £753k | £944k | £820k |
| Debtors | £481k | £169k | £232k |
| Deferred income | — | £314k | £409k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 34%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £274k
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £331k
- Headcount
- ▲183%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £409k
- Fixed assets
- —
- 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 Dec 2024 (profit £96.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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