{"name":"ARCANIA APOTHECARY LTD","company_number":"04070168","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2000-09-12","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"The Fragrance House Second Floor, Haydon, Wells, Somerset, England, BA5 3FF","postcode":"BA5 3FF","sic_codes":[{"code":20420,"description":"Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":["The confirmation statement for this company is overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":52,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":1993291,"cash":71426,"average_employees":52},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":2138878,"cash":139291,"average_employees":51},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":2137193,"cash":77794,"average_employees":54},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":2442268,"cash":100265},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":2291036,"cash":153264}],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Arcania Apothecary Ltd is a well-established, owner-controlled niche player in UK perfume and toiletry manufacturing, distinguished from SME peers by 25 years of self-funded equity growth and freehold property ownership. FY2025 marks a clear soft patch — net assets down 6.8%, working capital marginally negative, cash cover of creditors at just 4.5%, and a 36% stock build against falling debtors — consistent with sector-wide destocking and cost pressures rather than fundamental impairment. Solvency remains sound, but liquidity management and single-director concentration are the principal risks to monitor against an otherwise resilient competitive position.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/arcania-apothecary","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04070168","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/arcania-apothecary/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/arcania-apothecary"}