ARCUM LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5M
+115.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2.1M
+12.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
35
+2.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£399K
+77.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,511,686 | £15,165,777 | £16,056,165 | +5.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £186,436 | £232,083 | £404,224 | +74.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £180,936 | £224,774 | £399,068 | +77.5% | |
| Net profit | £38,223 | £32,282 | £22,685 | £114,835 | £115,729 | £310,687 | +168.5% | |
| Cash | £381,363 | £289,196 | £165,237 | £1,142,928 | £697,289 | £1,502,717 | +115.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,714,852 | £1,697,134 | £1,585,419 | £1,867,949 | £1,857,718 | £2,074,613 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £1,784,615 | £1,824,384 | £2,059,111 | +12.9% | |
| Equity | £1,481,519 | £1,513,801 | £1,452,086 | £1,784,615 | £1,824,384 | £2,059,111 | +12.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 35 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £1,364,196 | £1,371,812 | £1,471,288 | £1,606,227 | £1,794,112 | £2,037,389 | +13.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £207,510 | £197,337 | £202,825 | +2.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 10.0% | 12.5% | 19.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.46x | 1.39x | 1.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 32.77x | 31.24x | 69.16x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARCUM LIMITED 1994-07-06 → present
- ENFRANCHISE 155 LIMITED 1994-03-18 → 1994-07-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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's or the Parent 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
- ARCUM LIMITED · parent
- The Electronic Frontier Limited 100%
- Inelco Hunter Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has a cross guarantee relating to a group overdraft facility of £500,000. The companies included are Arcum Limited, The Electronic Frontier Limited, and Inelco Hunter Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUPTA, Rajiv | Secretary | 2017-02-22 | — | — |
| CURRY, Jason Michael Robert | Director | 2026-03-02 | Jan 1968 | British |
| CURRY, Jonathan Peter Stockwell | Director | 2026-03-02 | Dec 1964 | British |
| GUPTA, Rajiv | Director | 1994-05-20 | Sep 1954 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRY, Jonathan Peter Stockwell | Secretary | 2001-06-01 | 2017-02-15 |
| GUPTA, Rajiv | Secretary | 1994-05-20 | 2001-06-01 |
| PENNSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-18 | 1994-05-20 |
| CURRY, John Arthur Hugh | Director | 1994-05-20 | 2024-10-19 |
| CURRY, Jonathan Peter Stockwell | Director | 1997-05-12 | 2017-02-22 |
| PENNINGTONS DIRECTORS (NO 1) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-18 | 1994-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rajiv Gupta | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-02-22 | Active |
| Mr John Arthur Hugh Curry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.