Araka Holdco 5 Limited
Active13248866Financial servicesIncorporated 5 Mar 2021 · Cheltenham
The principal activity of the company is that of a holding company. The trading subsidiary of the group entered administration in August 2025.
Revenue
£42.1m
▼ -13.9% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
-£1.2m
Margin -1.9%
Employees
87
▼ -1.1% vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
-£3.7m
Total assets £12.3m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
5 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Mar 2021Not available
Mar 2022Not available
Dec 2022
£40.8m
Dec 2023
£48.9m▲ +19.9%
Dec 2024
£42.1m▼ -13.9%
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £42.1m | ▼ -13.9% | -£1.2m | 87 | -£3.7m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £48.9m | ▲ +19.9% | -£663k | 88 | -£2.4m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £40.8m | — | -£2.3m | 4 | -£16k |
| 31 Mar 2022 | — | — | — | 1 | £100 |
| 5 Mar 2021 | — | — | — | — | £100 |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2024. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £42.1m
- Gross profit
- £9.2m
- Operating profit
- -£787k
- Profit before tax
- -£1.2m
- Profit after tax
- -£1.2m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £12.3m
- Cash
- £212k
- Total liabilities
- £15.9m
- Net assets
- -£3.7m
- Revenue per employee
- £484k
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