ARUN ESTATE AGENCIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-18 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-35.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£67M
-14.1% vs 2023
Employees
888
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+2,717.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARUN ESTATE AGENCIES LIMITED 1991-05-20 → present
- CREDITOPEN LIMITED 1991-04-04 → 1991-05-20
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £53,400,000 | £55,658,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£3,210,000 | -£1,277,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£76,000 | £1,989,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £128,000 | £1,203,000 | |
| Cash | — | £19,619,000 | £12,738,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £78,130,000 | £67,395,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £77,733,000 | £66,736,000 | |
| Equity | £83,219,000 | £77,733,000 | £66,736,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 908 | 888 | |
| Wages | — | £32,750,000 | £32,944,000 |
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 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -6.0% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.2% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -4.1% | -1.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 14.02x | 10.26x |
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
- Warrener Stewart
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ARUN ESTATE AGENCIES LIMITED · parent
- Home In One Financial Services Limited 100%
- Arun Leasing Company Limited 100%
- Arun Property Investments Limited 100%
- Arun Developments Limited 100%
- Arun Surveying Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31st March 2025, Arun Estate successfully acquired Philip Jarvis Estate Agent Limited, a small successful independent estate agent based in Kent, which will further increase productivity and our market share within the region.”
- “At the time of writing, we are also in discussions with a number of other potential suitors to further grow the Arun way.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNNING, Jason | Director | 2021-07-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| DALRYMPLE, James Michael | Director | 2019-04-08 | Feb 1976 | British |
| LINDSAY, Martyn David | Director | 2023-03-31 | Jul 1968 | British |
| SOTGIU, Aldo | Director | 2019-04-08 | Feb 1964 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COXON, Christopher Andrew | Secretary | 1996-10-10 | 2019-04-08 |
| NUNWEEK, James Philip | Secretary | 2019-04-08 | 2023-05-04 |
| ROONEY, Sandra Lorna | Secretary | 1991-04-25 | 1993-02-26 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-04 | 1991-04-25 |
| WINTERTHUR LIFE UK LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1993-02-26 | 1996-10-10 |
| BEER, Michael John | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2012-04-30 |
| COXON, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2023-09-12 |
| COXON, Christopher Andrew | Director | 1998-03-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| GOVER, Roy | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1993-02-26 |
| LENCH, David James | Director | 2007-07-20 | 2021-07-01 |
| MATTHEWS, Brian Thomas | Director | 1993-02-26 | 2016-08-24 |
| NUNWEEK, James Philip | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2019-04-08 |
| ROONEY, Paul Anthony | Director | 1991-04-25 | 2023-09-12 |
| ROONEY, Sandra Lorna | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1998-07-28 |
| ROSE, Michael Rutherford | Director | — | 1994-09-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-04-04 | 1991-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Anthony Rooney | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£53,400,000 £55,658,000
-
Cash
-35.1%
£19,619,000 £12,738,000
-
Net assets
-14.1%
£77,733,000 £66,736,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
908 888
-
Operating profit
+60.2%
-£3,210,000 -£1,277,000
-
Profit before tax
+2,717.1%
-£76,000 £1,989,000
-
Wages
+0.6%
£32,750,000 £32,944,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers