ARKEN POP INTERNATIONAL LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+22% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-18.4% vs 2024
Employees
102
+13.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-11% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,508,000 | £27,033,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,470,000 | £3,061,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,509,000 | £3,123,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,622,000 | £2,326,000 | |
| Cash | £2,371,000 | £2,892,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,084,000 | £6,140,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,386,000 | £5,212,000 | |
| Equity | £6,386,000 | £5,212,000 | |
| Average employees | 90 | 102 | |
| Wages | £4,578,000 | £5,324,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.0% | 49.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | 180.06x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, reflecting the directors' view that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARKEN POP INTERNATIONAL LTD · parent
- Arken POP International B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “2025 has been another exciting year at Arken, we have partnered with several new clients, successfully supporting the launch of their Brands in both the UK and European markets. Our innovative approach to design, development, and manufacture has maintained our position as the most awarded POP company, taking home an additional four POPAI awards this year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILMORE, Matthew John | Secretary | 2012-04-27 | — | — |
| CHAN, Michael Wai-Hoo | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| ESSEX, Robert Thomas Tickler | Director | 2011-02-18 | Oct 1960 | British |
| HARRIS, Graeme Richard | Director | 2017-01-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Nathalie Ann | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1986 | British |
| SCUTT, Tracy Ellen | Director | 2011-02-15 | Jul 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUFORD, Paul James | Secretary | 2010-03-22 | 2012-04-27 |
| BRUFORD, Paul James | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2012-04-27 |
| HEMPSALL, Andrew Mark | Director | 2012-01-26 | 2014-07-01 |
| WENT, Marc Robert | Director | 2011-02-15 | 2011-03-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writtle Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-10-10 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-10 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-10 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+15%
£23,508,000 £27,033,000
-
Cash
+22%
£2,371,000 £2,892,000
-
Net assets
-18.4%
£6,386,000 £5,212,000
-
Employees
+13.3%
90 102
-
Operating profit
-11.8%
£3,470,000 £3,061,000
-
Profit before tax
-11%
£3,509,000 £3,123,000
-
Wages
+16.3%
£4,578,000 £5,324,000
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