Acorns Nurseries Limited
Registered name: ACORNS NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of HCR Legal LLP groupAcorns Nurseries Limited made £14.7m revenue and £757k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Acorns Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £757k profit and 432 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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. From the filing: “Acorns Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £12.2m | £13.7m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £7.6m | £8.7m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.6m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £801k | £757k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.3m | £801k | £757k |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.6m | £8.8m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 372 | 396 | 433 | 432 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 10.4% | 5.8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 37.7% | 36.6% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £28.1k | £30.8k | £31.7k | £34k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £3.2k | £1.8k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | −109.8% | −116.7% | −87.7% | −144.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲12.4% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▼37.1% | ▼5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲9.3% | ▼0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £342k | £283k | £98k | £133k |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.8m | £4.5m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.6m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.1m | £5.1m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £419k | £370k | £872k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £891k | £940k | £1.1m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£2m | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £34k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −144.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £133k
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 432
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £6.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HCR Legal LLPultimate parent75–100%
- HCR Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- Acorns (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Acorns Nurseries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Trenewydd Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- New House Farm Cardiff 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £757k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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