ARCO LIMITED
Company number 00133804 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Arco is a heritage UK and Ireland safety-equipment and workwear distributor with a leading brand, broad range and compliance-led customer proposition. Its group structure and >75% controlling shareholder provide governance clarity and capital access, but board transition, digital/price competition and margin pressure make service-led differentiation and operational discipline critical. The priority is to convert product breadth into managed-safety, digital and sustainability solutions while protecting margin and governance continuity.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1914-02-06
- Registered office
- 1 Blackfriargate, Hull, East Yorkshire, England, HU1 1BH
- Postcode
- HU1 1BH
- Capital
- 67,693 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-15
- Next due by
- 2027-04-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
- 46760 Wholesale of other intermediate products
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 37 resigned
Group structure 25 subsidiaries
Controlled by MERIDIUS BIDCO LIMITED — since 2026-09-24
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From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 32
£11,254,326,823 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-06-30).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6056677 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
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Gender pay gap
8.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2026/27 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- arco.co.uk
- Phone
- 0000000000244, 0000000000391, 0000000001762
Arco, Experts in Safety and the UK and Ireland's leading supplier of safety equipment, workwear, safety boots and shoes, gloves and maintenance supplies.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ASBESTOS & RUBBER CO. LIMITED (THE) | 1981-12-31 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 29 similar companies in HU, trading since 1914
Property in England & Wales 28 titles
- Freehold
- 7
- Leasehold
- 21
- Most recent registration
- 2022-08-01
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,925,000
- Where
- City Of Kingston Upon Hull (8), West Northamptonshire (1), Bracknell Forest (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN388565 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2022-08-01 | — |
| BK522501 | Bracknell Forest | Leasehold | 2022-07-06 | — |
| CYM839323 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2022-02-07 | — |
| MAN384025 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2021-08-06 | — |
| BL160887 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2021-06-15 | — |
| LAN246841 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2021-04-29 | — |
| HS397203 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2020-08-05 | — |
| HS397053 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2019-10-29 | — |
| HS394711 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2019-02-11 | — |
| SYK664917 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-09-26 | — |
| HS342829 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2018-04-19 | £1,400,000 |
| HS391254 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2018-04-13 | — |
| YY85956 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2017-06-19 | — |
| CE232036 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2017-03-14 | — |
| HS384306 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2016-06-27 | — |
| HS384098 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2016-06-08 | £525,000 |
| SF614589 | Stoke-On-Trent | Leasehold | 2016-03-04 | — |
| CH635686 | Cheshire West And Chester | Leasehold | 2015-01-29 | — |
| MM40654 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2014-09-05 | — |
| SK353313 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2014-05-08 | — |
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