ARCULUS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+75.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+66.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
24
+60% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
- 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2023-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+75.3%
£916,720 £1,606,620
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+66.8%
£1,168,543 £1,948,885
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+60%
15 24
highest in 3 filed years
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