ARK MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£5.4m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£20m
Equity attributable
Employees
99
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£69k
Period ending 2026-03-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £112,116,000 | £123,118,000 | £101,244,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,162,000 | £6,312,000 | -£62,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,168,000 | £6,309,000 | -£69,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,594,000 | £4,784,000 | -£68,000 | — | |
| Cash | £4,785,000 | £5,398,000 | £5,375,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £22,814,000 | £22,770,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £14,874,000 | £19,658,000 | £19,590,000 | — | |
| Equity | £14,874,000 | £19,658,000 | £19,590,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 109 | 103 | 99 | — | |
| Wages | £7,386,000 | £10,191,000 | £6,651,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 11 months versus 16 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 5.1% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 3.9% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 27.7% | -0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.5% | 63.9% | 65.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.72x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -8.86x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the directors consider it reasonable to assume that the Group has adequate resources to continue for the going concern period and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company has entered into a cross guarantee with a number of other group companies to secure the group's overdraft facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLEESON, Ronan | Secretary | 2013-03-12 | — | — |
| GLEESON, Ronan Joseph | Director | 2013-03-12 | Jun 1976 | Irish |
| KEEGAN, Kevin William | Director | 2013-03-12 | May 1963 | Irish |
| REDDINGTON, John James | Director | 2013-03-12 | Sep 1972 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrl Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-01-09 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-09 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-09 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.