ARCANOLOGISTS LIMITED
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Cash
£34k
+314.5% vs 2025
Net assets
£15m
+80.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4
-42.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£16m
+6,083.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,199,064 | £35,109,539 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £271,817 | £26,053 | -£819,791 | -3,246.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £222,137 | £251,759 | £15,566,980 | +6,083.3% | |
| Net profit | £91,472 | £374,202 | £15,685,616 | +4,091.8% | |
| Cash | £1,329,375 | £8,142 | £33,752 | +314.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,920,468 | £13,971,852 | £14,690,851 | +5.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,695,426 | £8,131,626 | £14,690,851 | +80.7% | |
| Equity | £6,695,426 | £8,131,626 | £14,690,851 | +80.7% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 7 | 4 | -42.9% | |
| Wages | £1,149,835 | £121,538 | £75,403 | -38% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £163,700 | £85,577 | £75,403 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £1,321 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £127,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | 0.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.1% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 0.2% | -5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.9% | 44.9% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 0.28x | 29.13x | |
| Interest cover | 5.36x | 0.05x | -2.73x |
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
- ARCANOLOGISTS LIMITED 2023-11-29 → present
- AGT HOLDCO LIMITED 2023-07-17 → 2023-11-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- ARCANOLOGISTS LIMITED · parent
- Harper & Willow Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 November 2025 the entire share capital of the Company was acquired by Arcanologists Investments Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom. As part of this acquisition the remaining outstanding HSBC debt was repaid.”
- “On 10 December 2023 Arcanologists Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Harper & Willow Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Benjamin Lawrence Maxamilian | Director | 2023-07-17 | Feb 1979 | British |
| BERGS, Helgi | Director | 2023-12-10 | Jan 1966 | Icelandic |
| FADEEVA, Anastasia | Director | 2023-07-17 | Jul 1984 | British |
| LEESON, Richard Eric | Director | 2024-01-24 | Mar 1989 | British |
| MAJOR, Francis | Director | 2023-12-10 | Aug 1978 | British |
| MAJOR, Helen | Director | 2023-12-10 | Apr 1981 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Anastasia Fadeeva | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-07-17 | Ceased 2024-01-06 |
| Mr Benjamin Lawrence Maxamilian Barnett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-07-17 | Ceased 2024-01-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-12-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-15 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.