Arke Creative Limited
Registered name: ARKE CREATIVE LIMITED
Arke Creative Limited made £37.8m revenue and £434k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arke Creative Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £37.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £434k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £21.3m | £37.5m | £37.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £16.7m | £30.2m | £31.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.6m | £7.3m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £335k | £402k | £676k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £321k | £465k | £745k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £194k | £250k | £434k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £194k | £250k | £434k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.4m | £5.8m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.5% | 19.5% | 17.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £9.2k | £8.1k | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −453.4% | −714% | 116.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲75.9% | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲29.4% | ▲73.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41.7% | ▲23.5% | ▲47.6% | ▲12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £850k | £2.4m | £2.6m | £5.5m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | −£17.9k | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £67.8k | £83k | £910k | £692k | £382k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £4.8m | £8.8m | £9.8m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £421k | £1.2m | £3.1m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.4m | £3.5m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.5m | −£2.9m | £790k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 116.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼45%
- Now £382k
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 2025 (profit £434k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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