Arena Business Centres Limited
Registered name: ARENA BUSINESS CENTRES LIMITED
Arena Business Centres Limited made £18m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Arena Business Centres Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £18m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.9m profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Southampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £15.8m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.5m | −£3.7m | −£4.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.6m | £12.2m | £13.7m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £6.6m | £7.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £4.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £4.4m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 41 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 27.9% | 16.1% |
| Gross margin | 75.3% | 76.8% | 76.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £382k | £386k | £391k |
| Profit per employee | £58.7k | £108k | £63k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▲13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲103.7% | ▼34.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £391k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £63k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Arena Business Centres Basingstoke LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arena Farnborough LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Enenco Office Design and Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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