ARK WORKPLACE RISK LTD
Company number 01966479 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ark Workplace Risk Ltd is a well-established, profitable business with a 19% revenue growth trajectory and £4.1m EBITDA, demonstrating strong operational performance in the regulatory compliance sector. However, the recent change in ownership to QPE, coupled with significant cash depletion despite strong earnings, introduces uncertainty that warrants conditional credit approval pending satisfactory review of the parent company's financial position and clarification of future dividend/cash management policies. The business merits support based on fundamentals but requires appropriate covenants to protect against cash extraction by the new parent entity.
Shareholders' funds
£5,233,703
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of providing Operational Risk, Compliance and Safety Solutions and Services to clients in the Property and facilities management, services, technology, retail, transport, logistics and hospitality and leisure sectors.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1985-11-28
- Employees
- 66 (2025 accounts · was 64 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Warnford Court Throgmorton Street, 29 Throgmorton Street, London, England, EC2N 2AT
- Postcode
- EC2N 2AT
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-27
- Next due by
- 2027-06-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58290 Other software publishing
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Officers 5 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HELIX INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA501685 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- arkworkplacerisk.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ARK HEALTH AND SAFETY LIMITED | 2006-03-31 |
| FIRETECNICS LIMITED | 1994-04-26 |
| DRAKEFIRE LIMITED | 1986-05-12 |
Previous registered addresses 10
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 209 TOWER BRIDGE 46- 48 EAST SMITHFIELD, LONDON, E1W 1AW | 2017-04-06 |
| 411 TOWER BRIDGE BUSINESS CENTRE 46-48 EAST SMITHFIELD, LONDON, E1W 1AW | 2014-12-17 |
| 6-8 UNDERWOOD STREET, LONDON, N1 7JQ | 2012-12-07 |
| VICTORIA HOUSE, 64 PAUL STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4NG | 2003-11-12 |
| VICTORIA HOUSE, 64 PAUL STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4NG | 2000-07-24 |
| SOUTHBANK HOUSE, BLACK PRINCE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 7SJ | 2000-01-25 |
| 55 LOUDOUN RD, ST JOHNS RD, LONDON, NW8 0DL | 1993-02-03 |
| 11 CORNWALL TERRACE, REGENTS PARK, LONDON NW1 4QP | 1989-09-06 |
| SOUTHBANK HOUSE, BLACK PRINCE ROAD, LONDON SE1 7SJ | 1987-02-20 |
| ICC HOUSE, 110 WHITCHURCH ROAD, CARDIFF, CF4 3LY | 1986-05-14 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 772 similar companies in EC
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (66 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1985.
No.18 of the largest other software publishing companies in London →
Competitors London
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2. LXKEYS LTD
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3. YU LIFE LTD
This company ranks 18 among other software publishing in London.
The class of 1985
49%
of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.