ARCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-17.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
-2.2% vs 2024
Employees
1,335
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
+81.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARCO LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- ASBESTOS & RUBBER CO. LIMITED (THE) 1914-02-06 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £288,117,000 | £268,948,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,394,000 | -£391,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,093,000 | -£1,330,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,504,000 | -£458,000 | |
| Cash | £3,648,000 | £3,021,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £86,427,000 | £79,611,000 | |
| Net assets | £64,747,000 | £63,306,000 | |
| Equity | £64,747,000 | £63,306,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,382 | 1,335 | |
| Wages | £54,021,000 | £49,831,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.4% | -0.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | -9.15x | -0.42x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has in place a £25m Revolving Credit Facility, maturing in November 2027 with the option to extend for a further year. As at 30 September 2025, £14.0m of the Revolving Credit Facility remains undrawn, in addition to £2.2m of cash in hand, at bank. The Group has performed long-term forecasting to determine its future profitability and cashflows; these forecasts indicate the Group will continue to have sufficient liquidity until at least the end of 2026. In addition, the Directors have considered the potential impact of severe but plausible scenarios associated with a decline in performance and economic slowdown and have concluded that sufficient options are available to mitigate any material liquidity risk arising from these scenarios. Accordingly, the Directors expect the Group to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and as such, the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARCO LIMITED · parent
- Arco Safety Limited 100%
- Arco Professional Safety Services Limited 100%
- Confined Spaces Training Services Limited 100%
- Arco Hollman Nicholls Limited 100%
- Arco Humberside Limited 100%
- Arco Group Limited 100%
- Arco Central Limited 100%
- Arco West Midlands Limited 100%
- Arco Tyne & Wear Limited 100%
- Arco (GB) Limited 100%
- Arco Holdings Limited 100%
- Arco Cleveland Limited 100%
- Arco MTM Limited 100%
- Melrite (Industrial Supplies) Limited 100%
- Safestyle Workwear Limited 100%
- Safety Navigator Limited 100%
- Commercial Debt Recovery Services Limited 100%
- Total Access (UK) Limited 100%
- Hose, Ducting & Fittings Limited 100%
- Arc Associates UK Ltd 100%
- Occupational Safety Services Limited 100%
- Gilpins the Shop for Men Limited 100%
- Arco Gilpins Limited 100%
- Arco Atholl Limited 100%
- W Walker & Sons (Safety) Limited. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAENEY, Hollie | Secretary | 2024-08-31 | — | — |
| BRUCE, Guy Robert | Director | 2022-12-01 | Sep 1971 | British |
| CARR, Daniel Arthur Edward | Director | 2023-09-19 | Apr 1975 | British |
| COXWELL, Naomi Jane | Director | 2019-08-28 | Aug 1963 | British |
| LODGE, Timothy Ralph Henry | Director | 2019-08-28 | Aug 1964 | British |
| MARTIN, Alexandra Gabrielle | Director | 2018-09-19 | Mar 1962 | British |
| MARTIN, Richard | Director | 2015-01-31 | Nov 1972 | British |
| MARTIN, Thomas Gordon | Director | 1994-05-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| OLDERSMA, Meine | Director | 2025-02-27 | Mar 1959 | Dutch |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2013-11-08 | 2015-09-23 |
| DODDS, Neil Joseph | Secretary | 2020-06-30 | 2024-08-31 |
| LONCASTER, Jenny Nancy | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2013-11-08 |
| STRICKLAND, Charles Eugene Shackleton | Secretary | 2015-09-23 | 2020-06-30 |
| WATSON, George | Secretary | — | 2005-05-31 |
| APPLETON, Kevin | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2025-03-22 |
| BATESON, Sandra | Director | 2004-02-02 | 2011-07-01 |
| BERGER, Alexandra Maria Johanna | Director | 2020-10-22 | 2023-01-20 |
| BRAMLEY, William John | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2007-07-02 |
| CLARKE, John Francis | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| COOKE, Michael Stanley | Director | — | 1996-02-29 |
| DOW, Ronald Wallace Paterson | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2002-03-31 |
| EVISON, David | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2022-11-30 |
| GIBBONS, Vincent | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| GIRLING, Christopher Francis | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2014-11-30 |
| GOODARE, Michael | Director | 2002-05-18 | 2011-10-31 |
| HARRIS, Rodney Leslie | Director | — | 2004-02-02 |
| HARRISON, Simon Paul | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| HILDYARD, Nicholas Alexander Cyril | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2021-12-31 |
| IRVING, Joan Barbara | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2013-12-31 |
| JONES, Susan | Director | 2017-04-10 | 2019-02-15 |
| JOWSEY, Neil | Director | 2007-05-08 | 2018-04-09 |
| LAWRIE, Bryan James Ian | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2022-06-17 |
| LLOYD, Joanna Daubney | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2015-12-30 |
| LONCASTER, Jenny Nancy | Director | 2008-04-08 | 2013-12-10 |
| MARTIN, John Sloan | Director | — | 2008-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Stephen | Director | — | 2023-09-27 |
| MARTIN, Tom | Director | — | 2023-09-27 |
| RICHARDSON, Joanna Carolyn | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2008-02-27 |
| SLEIGH, Peter James | Director | 1993-03-01 | 2008-07-01 |
| THEAKSTON, John Andrew | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2017-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Alan Ernest | Director | — | 2007-02-28 |
| WALTON, Suzanne | Director | 2012-03-05 | 2014-07-01 |
| WRIGHT, Helen Jane | Director | 2019-01-02 | 2023-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Tom Martin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Martin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 235 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-6.7%
£288,117,000 £268,948,000
-
Cash
-17.2%
£3,648,000 £3,021,000
-
Net assets
-2.2%
£64,747,000 £63,306,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
1,382 1,335
-
Operating profit
+93.9%
-£6,394,000 -£391,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.2%
-£7,093,000 -£1,330,000
-
Wages
-7.8%
£54,021,000 £49,831,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers