Arden White Limited
Registered name: ARDEN WHITE LIMITED
Arden White Limited made £14.9m revenue and £113k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Arden White Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £113k profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Ferndown; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ferndown, South West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.7m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £982k | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£156k | £120k |
| Profit before tax | −£155k | £119k |
| Profit after tax | −£151k | £113k |
| Profit (best available) | −£151k | £113k |
| Staff costs | £546k | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 156 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.4% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.2% | 9.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £95.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.8k | £723 |
| Cash conversion | — | −118.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲81.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £388k | £173k |
| Net assets | £275k | £228k |
| Fixed assets | £14.8k | £13k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | £1m | −£142k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £723
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −118.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now £228k
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £173k
- Headcount
- ▲81%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £13k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £113k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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