Ivy Cottage (Ackton) Ltd
Registered name: IVY COTTAGE (ACKTON) LTD
Part of Curve Capital Holdings Limited groupIvy Cottage (Ackton) Ltd made £9.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Ivy Cottage (Ackton) Ltd’s revenue grew 22% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit and 237 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Curve Capital Holdings Limited by virtue of its majority shareholding”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.8m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £148k | £155k | £122k | £170k |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £7.1m | £8m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 197 | 186 | 188 | 237 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.5% | 22.7% | 19.4% | 19.4% |
| Gross margin | 97.8% | 97.9% | 98.5% | 98.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.4k | £38.8k | £43k | £41.6k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £8.8k | £8.3k | £8.1k |
| Cash conversion | −15.3% | −106.4% | −50.3% | −68.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲11.9% | ▲21.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▼4.4% | ▲22.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▲1.1% | ▲26.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £86.7k | £658k | £868k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £9.7m | £11.3m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.8m | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £242k | £474k | £324k | £591k |
| Deferred income | £339k | £356k | £364k | £570k |
| Cash from operations | −£313k | −£2.1m | −£1m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −68.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 53.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 237
- Deferred income
- ▲57%
- Now £570k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £5.2m
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
- Curve Capital Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ivy Cottage (Ackton) Ltdthis 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 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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