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Company No. 02309389 · Incorporated 26 Oct 1988

Acclaim Handling Limited

Registered name: ACCLAIM HANDLING LIMITED

Acclaim Handling Limited made £22.8m revenue and £685k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.

Acclaim Handling Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £22.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £685k profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Purfleet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Purfleet, London
Age
37 yrs · since 1988
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Apr 2025

Key figures

IndependentBoring industry
Revenue
£22.8m
Growth ▲7.5%
Profit
£685k
Growth ▼22.4%
Profit margin
3%
Gross 28.6%
Employees
162
Change ▲7.3%
Profit / employee
£4.2k
Revenue/employee £141k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Apr 202230 Apr 202330 Apr 202430 Apr 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£18.2m£20.2m£21.2m£22.8m
Cost of sales£12.8m£13.5m£14.5m£16.2m
Gross profit£5.4m£6.7m£6.7m£6.5m
Operating profit£1.6m£2m£1.3m£778k
Profit before tax£1.5m£1.9m£1.3m£710k
Profit after tax£1.2m£1.5m£884k£685k
Profit (best available)£1.2m£1.5m£884k£685k
Staff costs£5.8m£6.3m£7.1m£7.7m
Employees (average)143143151162
Ratios
Profit margin6.8%7.6%4.2%3%
Gross margin29.7%33.1%31.5%28.6%
Revenue per employee£127k£141k£140k£141k
Profit per employee£8.6k£10.7k£5.9k£4.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.9%▲5.1%▲7.5%
Profit growth—▲24.9%▼42.4%▼22.4%
Headcount growth—0%▲5.6%▲7.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.1m£3.8m£2.2m£3m
Net assets£6.8m£8.1m£8.8m£9.4m
Fixed assets£14.6m£15.6m£16.2m£16.3m
Current assets£6.8m£7.7m£10.3m£11.2m
Debtors£1.4m£1.5m£2.6m£2.9m
Deferred income£307k£407k£396k£328k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
28.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£141k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£4.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
71.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.8%
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
▲6%
Now £9.4m
Cash at bank
▲34%
Now £3m
Headcount
▲7%
Now 162
Deferred income
▼17%
Now £328k
Fixed assets
▲0%
Now £16.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £685k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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