Seven Arches Investments Limited
Registered name: SEVEN ARCHES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Brentwood Borough Council groupSeven Arches Investments Limited made £3.8m revenue and a £1.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Seven Arches Investments Limited’s revenue fell 62% to £3.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.2m and 2 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 parent company of Seven Arches Investments Limited is Brentwood Borough Council and its registered office is Town Hall, Ingrave Road, Brentwood, CM15 8AY.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £7m | £9.9m | £9.8m | £3.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £5.4m | £5m | — |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.6m | £4.8m | — |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £7.5m | £854k | −£86.6k | −£1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.5m | £854k | −£86.6k | −£1.2m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £16.9k | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 106.7% | 8.6% | −0.9% | −32.8% |
| Gross margin | 57.5% | 46% | 48.9% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £3.5m | £5m | £4.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | £3.8m | £427k | −£43.3k | −£618k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.9% | ▼0.8% | ▼61.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼88.6% | ▼110.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £5m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £838k |
| Fixed assets | £60.1m | £60.7m | £60.1m | £56.7m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £6m | £7m | £9.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£618k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1505%
- 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
- ▼50%
- Now £838k
- Cash at bank
- ▲94%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £56.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brentwood Borough Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Seven Arches Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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