ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 46520Where the company stands among the 4,373 active companies whose first SIC code is 46520 (Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts).
- WAVENET LIMITED£593.8m
- FUTURE ELECTRONICS LIMITED£534.2m
- PREMIER FARNELL UK LIMITED£272.6m
- RS COMPONENTS LIMITED£249.3m
- MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED£244.9m
- ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED£97.2m
- TP-LINK UK LIMITED£78.8m
- LG ELECTRONICS U.K. LTD£75.6m
- ASTUTE ELECTRONICS LIMITED£56.3m
- CABLE SERVICES LIMITED£30.8m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 4,373. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02582534. It was incorporated on 14 Feb 1991. Its status is active. The registered office is in Harlow (CM17). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts (46520).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £234,934,000. Profit for the year was £2,603,000. Net assets were £97,227,000, up 2.8% on the previous year. Total assets were £143,153,000 and total liabilities £45,926,000. The company had an average of 400 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 4,373 active companies whose first SIC code is 46520: By turnover it ranks higher than 95% of the 136 that publish turnover (median £13,349,081). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £15,738). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £111,625). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 95% of them (median age 4.4 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 6 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2020. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £63k. Its most frequent buyer is UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED (3 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £102.7k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment, machinery, plastics. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 28 days to pay suppliers, and 65% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2024/25 shows median hourly pay for women 31.9% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Apr 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 250,235,000 | 234,934,000 |
| Profit for the year | 9,842,000 | 2,603,000 |
| Total assets | 138,771,000 | 143,153,000 |
| Total liabilities | 44,170,000 | 45,926,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 94,601,000 | 97,227,000 |
| Average number of employees | 409 | 400 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
6 contractsARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 6 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2020. The 3 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £63k.
- UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- 3 contracts · £63k
- UK Research and Innovation
- 2 contracts
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
- 1 contract
- UKRI-5131 TI Chips - EMS Lupex‡UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) · value published in USD
- GSS25334 - Electronic components‡UK Research and Innovation · value published in USD
- GSS25286 - Electronic Box for SwSCOR (Space Weather Solar Chronograph)‡UK Research and Innovation · value published in USD
- Op Amp Quad High Speed AmplifierUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £18,720
- UK SBS - DDaT22287 - Intel Software LicensesUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £11,662
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- UKRI - RE20167 - Electrical Component 5962L0051702VDA‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £32,613
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Government grants
2 grantsARROW ELECTRONICS (UK) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2022, together worth £102.7k.
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- 1 grant · £72.6k
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 1 grant · £30.2k
- Remote Incontinence Care InnovationDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £30,175 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
- Remote Incontinence Care InnovationDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £72,559 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 28 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 65%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 81%
- 31 to 60 days 11%
- After 60 days 8%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 37
- 69%
- 27%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 29
- 70%
- 41%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 30
- 78%
- 47%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 29
- 77%
- 48%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 35
- 78%
- 0%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 33
- 79%
- 41%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 13
- 78%
- 0%
- Median hourly pay
- women 31.9% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 31.4% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 56.8% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2023/24
- women 34.9% lower
- women 37.6% lower
- 2022/23
- women 35.5% lower
- women 47.1% lower
- 2021/22
- women 34.9% lower
- women 45.6% lower
- 2020/21
- women 35.1% lower
- women 38.1% lower
- 2019/20
- women 37.8% lower
- women 43.6% lower
- 2018/19
- women 37.8% lower
- women 34.5% lower
- 2017/18
- women 41.6% lower
- women 43% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment and furniture and lighting.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment, machinery, plastics, coated textiles and wadding, felt and rope.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £234.9m, net assets £97.2m, 400 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £250.2m, net assets £94.6m, 409 employees
- Arrow Electronics, Inc registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.