Zap Arches Ltd
Registered name: ZAP ARCHES LTD
Zap Arches Ltd made £6.7m revenue and £227k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Zap Arches Ltd’s revenue grew 126% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £227k profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £241k | £237k |
| Profit before tax | £241k | £227k |
| Profit after tax | £181k | £227k |
| Profit (best available) | £181k | £227k |
| Employees (average) | 125 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 66.3% | 66.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £23.7k | £36k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲125.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲48.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £827k | £954k |
| Net assets | £179k | £435k |
| Fixed assets | £3.3k | £533k |
| Current assets | £873k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £20.2k | £91.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲144%
- Now £435k
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £954k
- Headcount
- ▲49%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲16042%
- Now £533k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £227k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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