Arc-UK Technologies Limited
Registered name: ARC-UK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of Arc Document Solutions, Inc. groupArc-UK Technologies Limited made £9.1m revenue and £152k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Arc-UK Technologies Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £9.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £152k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Dartford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “Arc Document Solutions, Inc”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £9m | £9.7m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.3m | £4.7m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £142k | £995k | £224k | £30.6k |
| Profit before tax | £90.1k | £968k | £209k | £26.3k |
| Profit after tax | £47k | £1m | £41k | £152k |
| Profit (best available) | £47k | £1m | £41k | £152k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 52 | 54 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 11.4% | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 58.3% | 48.9% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £159k | £173k | £179k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | £979 | £19.8k | £759 | £3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −123.5% | −460.7% | 652.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18% | ▲7% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2089% | ▼96% | ▲270.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲3.9% | ▼7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £408k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £728k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £812k | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £319k | £365k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£1m | £200k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 652.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £728k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £365k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arc Document Solutions, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Arc-UK Technologies 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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