Artic Building Services Limited
Registered name: ARTIC BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Synova GP V LLP groupArtic Building Services Limited made £44.3m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Artic Building Services Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £44.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 227 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.5m | £39.9m | £24.6m | £43.1m | £44.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.5m | £32.9m | −£20.3m | −£36.1m | −£34.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £7m | £4.3m | £7m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3.8m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £3.7m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £1.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.8m | £1.3m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.2m | £11.4m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 182 | 207 | 227 | 238 | 227 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 7.8% | 7.1% | 11.4% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 16.7% | 17.5% | 17.6% | 16.3% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £193k | £108k | £181k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | £13.7k | £12.4k | £5.6k | £10.5k |
| Cash conversion | 92.1% | 61.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.4% | — | — | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24% | — | — | ▲79.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.7% | — | — | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £5.2m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £5.7m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.8m | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £13.8m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £5.6m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £3.4m | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | £2.3m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 227
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Synova GP V LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Chillaton Topco Limited75–100%
- Chillaton Midco Limited75–100%
- Chillaton Bidco Limited75–100%
- Mecsia Group Limited75–100%
- Mecsia Midco Limited75–100%
- Mecsia Limited75–100%
- Artic Holdings Limited75–100%
- Amb Newco 03 Limited75–100%
- Artic Building Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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