Areen Design Limited
Registered name: AREEN DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Roots Group UK Limited groupAreen Design Limited made £4.1m revenue and £337k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Areen Design Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £337k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
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) | £7.8m | £6.1m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £5.1m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £978k | £679k |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£2.9m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£2.5m | −£535k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | −£2.5m | £337k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | −£2.5m | £337k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £3.8m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 46 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −13.7% | −41.4% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 16.2% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £173k | £132k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | −£23.6k | −£54.5k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.2% | ▼32.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | ▼28.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.2m | £743k |
| Net assets | £15m | £12.5m | £12.8m |
| Fixed assets | £17.3m | £17.2m | £17.2m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £561k | £440k | £334k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 422.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 32.6%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £12.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £743k
- Headcount
- ▼28%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £334k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £17.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Roots Group UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Areen Design Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Pascall + Watson LimitedRev. £35.2m · Profit £2.6m
- Richmond Designs LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Areen Design Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £337k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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