ARCUS INVESTMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21M
+54.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16M
+7.7% vs 2023
Employees
14
+16.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-8.3% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £20,443,664 | £30,253,079 | |
| Operating profit | — | £573,751 | £863,581 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,326,757 | £2,134,350 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,780,410 | £1,611,730 | |
| Cash | £5,698,576 | £13,871,570 | £21,420,863 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,866,821 | £17,251,528 | |
| Net assets | — | £14,525,110 | £15,645,360 | |
| Equity | — | £14,525,110 | £15,645,360 | |
| Average employees | — | 12 | 14 | |
| Wages | — | £8,664,243 | £14,083,777 |
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 | — | 2.8% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.7% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.6% | 5.0% |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Having reviewed the financial projections of the Company, the Directors consider it has sufficient cash resources to meet its financial obligations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Company has a strong balance sheet, and in the event of stressed scenarios the fixed asset investments are sufficiently liquid to ensure the Company is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ARCUS INVESTMENT LIMITED · parent
- Arcus South East Asia SDN.BHD 100%
Significant events
- “The directors declared interim dividends in the amount of £798,065 as on 9 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-20 | — | — |
| CARTWRIGHT, Edward Michael | Director | 2019-06-21 | Oct 1965 | British |
| KING, Lucy Joanna | Director | 2019-06-21 | Feb 1980 | British |
| PEARSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2014-04-08 | May 1960 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Benjamin Charles | Director | 2022-03-28 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMOUR, Douglas William | Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-11 | 1998-06-12 |
| SLC REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-12 | 2018-08-20 |
| KAGAMI, Masao | Director | 2004-03-19 | 2004-07-30 |
| MACRAE, Robert Paul | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2016-02-23 |
| PEARSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2004-08-31 |
| TASKER, Peter | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2016-03-04 |
| TASKER, Peter | Director | 1998-06-12 | 2004-08-31 |
| VENUS, David Anthony | Nominee Director | 1998-06-11 | 1998-06-12 |
| WHEELER, Steven | Director | 2016-02-17 | 2019-08-07 |
| YONEMURA, Tatsuo | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2004-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Anthony Pearson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-03-01 | Active |
| Mr Peter Tasker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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
+48%
£20,443,664 £30,253,079
-
Cash
+54.4%
£13,871,570 £21,420,863
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+7.7%
£14,525,110 £15,645,360
-
Employees
+16.7%
12 14
-
Operating profit
+50.5%
£573,751 £863,581
-
Profit before tax
-8.3%
£2,326,757 £2,134,350
-
Wages
+62.6%
£8,664,243 £14,083,777
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