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Company No. 01795766 · Incorporated 29 Feb 1984

Acclaim Contracts Limited

Registered name: ACCLAIM CONTRACTS LIMITED

Part of Acclaim Contracts Holding Limited group

Acclaim Contracts Limited made £17.6m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.

Acclaim Contracts Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £17.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Wickford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Wickford, East of England
Age
42 yrs · since 1984
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2026

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£17.6m
Growth ▼21.5%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▼48.5%
Profit margin
8.3%
Gross 19.2%
Employees
37
Change ▲2.8%
Profit / employee
£39.7k
Revenue/employee £477k
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 202531 Mar 2026
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.6m£18.7m£20.4m£22.5m£17.6m
Cost of sales£11.7m£14.6m£15.8m£17.2m£14.3m
Gross profit£3.9m£4.2m£4.6m£5.3m£3.4m
Operating profit£1.9m£2.5m£3.1m£3.8m£1.9m
Profit before tax£1.9m£2.5m£3.1m£3.8m£2m
Profit after tax£1.6m£2.1m£2.3m£2.9m£1.5m
Profit (best available)£1.6m£2.1m£2.3m£2.9m£1.5m
Staff costs£2.7m£2.1m£2.1m£2.1m£2.3m
Employees (average)3536383637
Ratios
Profit margin10.2%11.1%11.3%12.7%8.3%
Gross margin24.9%22.3%22.4%23.6%19.2%
Revenue per employee£445k£521k£537k£624k£477k
Profit per employee£45.2k£57.7k£60.7k£79.3k£39.7k
Cash conversion−85.6%−115.7%−92.6%−113.7%−121.9%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲20.3%▲8.9%▲10.1%▼21.5%
Profit growth—▲31.3%▲10.9%▲23.8%▼48.5%
Headcount growth—▲2.9%▲5.6%▼5.3%▲2.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.7m£2.4m£3.2m£5m£4.9m
Net assets£4.1m£3.3m£4.1m£5.6m£5.6m
Fixed assets£257k£271k£271k£324k£239k
Current assets£6.1m£5.2m£6.8m£8.2m£7.6m
Debtors£3.2m£2.6m£3.2m£2.9m£2.3m
Cash from operations−£1.6m−£2.9m−£2.9m−£4.3m−£2.3m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£477k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£39.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−121.9%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲1%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼0%
Now £4.9m
Headcount
▲3%
Now 37
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▼26%
Now £239k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Acclaim Contracts Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Acclaim Contracts Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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