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Company No. 04080815 · Incorporated 29 Sep 2000

Acacia Training Limited

Registered name: ACACIA TRAINING LIMITED

Part of Vedere Holdings PLC group

Acacia Training Limited made £6.2m revenue and £382k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text

Acacia Training Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £382k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “technical and vocational secondary education” and is based in Herts; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection P · EducationSIC 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Status
Liquidation
Location
Herts, East of England
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: “Following the purchase of the shares from MBH Corporation on 23 October 2023 the parent company of Acacia Training Limited is Vedere Group Ltd and its registered office is 81 The Cut, London, England,”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
£6.2m
Growth ▼27.3%
Profit
£382k
Growth ▼47.5%
Profit margin
6.1%
Gross 37%
Employees
66
Change ▼15.4%
Profit / employee
£5.8k
Revenue/employee £94.5k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£8.6m£6.2m
Cost of sales£5.4m£3.9m
Gross profit£3.1m£2.3m
Operating profit£857k£669k
Profit before tax£728k£382k
Profit (best available)£728k£382k
Staff costs£1.7m£1.7m
Employees (average)7866
Ratios
Profit margin8.5%6.1%
Gross margin36.5%37%
Revenue per employee£110k£94.5k
Profit per employee£9.3k£5.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼27.3%
Profit growth—▼47.5%
Headcount growth—▼15.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£233k£157k
Net assets£2.8m£2.9m
Debtors£396k£280k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
6.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
37%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£94.5k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.5%
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
▲4%
Now £2.9m
Cash at bank
▼32%
Now £157k
Headcount
▼15%
Now 66
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Vedere Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
  2. Vedere Group Ltd75–100%
  3. Acacia Training Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £382k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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