ARC TOPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+18.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
-29.4% vs 2024
Employees
187
-4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£9M
-17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,470,000 | £24,412,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,926,000 | -£5,640,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,501,000 | -£8,817,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,895,000 | -£8,632,000 | |
| Cash | £8,960,000 | £10,593,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,828,000 | £63,941,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,099,000 | £20,543,000 | |
| Equity | £29,099,000 | £20,543,000 | |
| Average employees | 195 | 187 | |
| Wages | £12,675,000 | £13,228,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.3% | -23.1% | |
| Net margin | -31.0% | -35.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.3% | -8.8% | |
| Current ratio | 6.52x | 11.31x | |
| Interest cover | -1.64x | -1.93x |
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
- BDO LLP
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group or Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ARC TOPCO LIMITED · parent
- Arc Midco Limited 100%
- Wood Thilsted Nominee Limited 100%
- Arc Midco 2 Limited 100%
- Arc Bidco Limited 100%
- Wood Thilsted Limited 100%
- Wood Thilsted Partners Limited 100%
- Wood Thilsted ApS 100%
- Wood Thilsted Inc 100%
- Wood Thilsted Poland 100%
- Wood Thilsted South Korea 100%
- Wood Thilsted Innovation Limited 100%
- Wood Thilsted Australia Pty Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HINDHAUGH, Molly Felicity | Director | 2025-02-10 | Feb 1995 | British |
| ROBINSON, Stuart William | Director | 2021-12-02 | May 1974 | British |
| THILSTED, Christian Leblanc | Director | 2022-01-20 | Jun 1978 | Danish,Canadian |
| WOOD, Alastair Muir | Director | 2022-01-20 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWSON, Alice Emily Hannah | Director | 2021-12-02 | 2025-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Leblanc Thilsted | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-20 | Active |
| Mr Alastair Muir Wood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-20 | Active |
| Huntsmoor Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-02 | Ceased 2021-12-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-08 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-04-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-08 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-4.2%
£25,470,000 £24,412,000
-
Cash
+18.2%
£8,960,000 £10,593,000
-
Net assets
-29.4%
£29,099,000 £20,543,000
-
Employees
-4.1%
195 187
-
Operating profit
-14.5%
-£4,926,000 -£5,640,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.5%
-£7,501,000 -£8,817,000
-
Wages
+4.4%
£12,675,000 £13,228,000
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