ARC DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
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Cash
£122k
-72% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£891k
-29.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£480k
-348.2% lowest 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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,881,206 | £15,821,236 | £13,569,146 | -14.2% | |
| Operating profit | £344,251 | £585,465 | -£164,786 | -128.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £45,510 | £193,536 | -£480,434 | -348.2% | |
| Net profit | £25,652 | £134,402 | -£372,481 | -377.1% | |
| Cash | £525,622 | £434,476 | £121,740 | -72% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,134,785 | £1,263,647 | £891,166 | -29.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,129,245 | £1,263,647 | £891,166 | -29.5% | |
| Equity | £1,129,245 | £1,263,647 | £891,166 | -29.5% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £1,442,193 | £1,284,750 | £1,207,261 | -6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 3.7% | -1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.8% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.3% | 46.3% | -18.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.6% | 85.7% | 88.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.12x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 1.49x | -0.52x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ARC DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED 2016-10-05 → present
- ARC INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DIVISION UK LIMITED 2013-12-18 → 2016-10-05
- FORGEPEARL LIMITED 2002-08-08 → 2013-12-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has prepared detailed cash flow forecasts for the company for more than 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. These forecasts indicate the company is able to operate within its facilities and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORCESSIN, Joel | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | — | — |
| DURAND, Timothee Bruno Jean-Jacques | Director | 2026-03-31 | Oct 1976 | French |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMIGNEUX, Cyrille | Secretary | 2013-11-04 | 2013-12-05 |
| RISPAIL, Jean-Paul | Secretary | 2011-04-01 | 2013-11-04 |
| TOSIN, Gilles | Secretary | 2013-12-05 | 2015-07-01 |
| VANSTEENBERGHE, Estelle | Secretary | 2002-10-04 | 2011-04-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-08-08 | 2002-10-04 |
| DE FOUGIERES, Guillaume | Director | 2002-10-04 | 2005-10-18 |
| DURAND, Philippe Jacques Louis Joseph | Director | 2005-10-18 | 2007-09-07 |
| GOLLIN, Timothy John | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2018-08-01 |
| HODLER, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2018-08-02 | 2026-03-31 |
| IBLED, Annick Genevieve Marie-Antoinette | Director | 2007-09-08 | 2013-11-04 |
| PUY, Patrick Rene Jacques | Director | 2013-11-04 | 2015-03-26 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-08-08 | 2002-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Marshall Cashin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-28 | Ceased 2025-04-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-13 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-11-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.