ARDEN SOFTWARE LIMITED
Company number 00551335 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Arden Software Limited occupies a defensible niche position in CAD/CAM packaging design software, leveraging decades of domain expertise, high customer switching costs, and a strong balance sheet with £2.76M in net assets. However, declining cash reserves, flat headcount, and potential near-breakeven performance signal that without accelerated investment in product modernization, geographic expansion, and recurring revenue growth, the company risks gradual erosion of its strategic position. The immediate priority should be reversing the cash trajectory through revenue expansion and optimizing intergroup financial flows to restore momentum.
Shareholders' funds
£2,756,542
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1955-06-30
- Employees
- 29 (2025 accounts · was 28 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Shepley Lane Industrial Estate, Hawk Green Marple, Stockport, SK6 7JW
- Postcode
- SK6 7JW
- Capital
- 80,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-10
- Next due by
- 2027-09-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62012 Business and domestic software development
Officers 9 current · 3 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ARDEN DIES LIMITED — since 2016-05-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- ardensoftware.com
- Phone
- 022 5063 100
Arden Software specialises in CAD and CAM packaging design software. Impact is the leading software for packaging designers and diemakers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LASER DIES LIMITED | 1990-01-12 |
| KOHORN PLASTICS LIMITED | 1976-12-31 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 434 similar companies in SK
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (29 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1955.
No.8 of the largest business and domestic software development companies in Stockport →
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 8 among business and domestic software development in Stockport.