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ARCULUS LIMITED
Cash
£2M
+75.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+66.8% vs 2023
Employees
24
+60% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2023-12-31
Profile
- Company number
- 13158390
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2021-01-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £533,831 | £916,720 | £1,606,620 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £706,931 | £1,174,393 | £1,954,425 | |
| Net assets | £705,340 | £1,168,543 | £1,948,885 | |
| Equity | £705,340 | £1,168,543 | £1,948,885 | |
| Average employees | 6 | 15 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors, after careful and due consideration, believe the company has sufficient cash resources available to it to ensure that it will be able to meet its debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future, including any realistically foreseeable effects of major economic events such as the ongoing UK economic uncertainty.”
Significant events
- “Arculus Limited and its immediate parent company, Arculus Cyber Security Limited, were acquired by Bridewell Consulting Limited on 12 March 2024 and their results are consolidated with the Bridewell Group Holdings Limited financial statements.”
- “On 7 May 2025, the Bridewell group of companies was acquired by a consortium of investors, Oakley Capital, Eurazeo and Sagard NewGen to sit alongside their investment in i-Tracing, a French based cyber security provider.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BILLEN, Ruth | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jul 1981 | British |
| YOUNG, Anthony Edward | Director | 2024-03-12 | Jun 1982 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNIE, Catherine Miranda | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2024-03-12 |
| ELLIS, Paul | Director | 2021-04-08 | 2024-03-12 |
| FRANCE, Austin John | Director | 2021-01-26 | 2025-06-30 |
| FRANCE, Sasha Clare | Director | 2021-04-06 | 2021-04-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arculus Cyber Security Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-01 | Active |
| Mr Paul Ellis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-07 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Ms Catherine Miranda Downie | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-07 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Ms Catherine Miranda Downie | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Paul Ellis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Mr Austin John France | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-01-26 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Mr Austin John France | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-01-26 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-03-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-03 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-11-08 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
| 2024-08-09 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2024-08-09 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2024-08-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-08-08 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-08-08 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous shortened |
| 2024-03-18 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2024-03-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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