Long Acre Securities Limited
Registered name: LONG ACRE SECURITIES LIMITED
Part of William Pears Group Limited groupLong Acre Securities Limited made £4.2m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Long Acre Securities Limited’s revenue was £4.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.5m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “renting and operating of housing association real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £9.4m | −£567k | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £9.4m | −£449k | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £197k | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £197k | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 115.3% | 4.8% | 64.9% | 60.8% |
| Gross margin | 58.6% | 62.5% | 55.5% | 62.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £1.5m | £65.8k | £903k | £849k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲1.3% | ▲0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.6% | ▲1272% | ▼6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £211k | £207k | £230k | £236k |
| Net assets | £66.7m | £61.4m | £49.1m | £51.7m |
| Fixed assets | £79.8m | £76.3m | £76.6m | £79m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £920k | £908k | £935k |
| Debtors | £3m | £713k | £678k | £699k |
| Deferred income | £691k | £782k | £739k | £750k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 60.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £849k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1884%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲5%
- Now £51.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £236k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £750k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £79m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- William Pears Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- William Pears Group Investments Limited75–100%
- William Pears Group of Companies Limited(The)75–100%
- Long Acre Securities Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Kipton Wood Service Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (30)
- Area Estates LimitedRev. £30.7m · Profit −£8.4m
- WPG Treasury LimitedRev. £22.5m · Profit £10.8m
- Castle Lane Securities LimitedRev. £10.1m · Profit £4.4m
- Bickenhall Engineering Company LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £5.4m
- Hallway Properties LimitedRev. £5m · Profit −£1.9m
- Capital Land Holdings LimitedRev. £3.5m · Profit £3.1m
- WX Investments LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit £2.6m
- Clearview Properties LtdRev. £1.2m · Profit £314k
- Earliba Finance Co. LimitedRev. £796k · Profit £3.1m
- William Pears LimitedRev. £702k · Profit £422k
- Macro (Ipswich) LimitedRev. £594k · Profit £1.1m
- Old Dairy Cottages LimitedRev. £519k · Profit £101k
- Welkin Property Company Limited(The)Rev. £369k · Profit £572k
- Manzil Way Residential LimitedRev. £268k · Profit −£18.1k
- Freehold Portfolio LimitedRev. £136k · Profit £287k
- Highlaw LimitedRev. £89k · Profit −£1.8m
- Anglo Caledonian Asset Management LimitedRev. £21.7k · Profit £89.1k
- Aramis Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Avondale Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9.5k
- Bromley Park Garden Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Echoline LimitedRev. — · Profit −£10.6m
- HK Properties (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £64.6k
- Law and Equity Property Co.limitedFigures not disclosed
- Ordnance Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pears Style LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Saint Cross Securities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- South Tottenham Land Securities LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stanley N. Evans LimitedRev. — · Profit £495k
- Talisman Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- U T B NO.1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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