Acacia Training Limited
Registered name: ACACIA TRAINING LIMITED
Part of Vedere Holdings PLC groupAcacia 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.
- 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,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 78 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.5% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
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.
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 —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Vedere Holdings PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Vedere Group Ltd75–100%
- Acacia Training Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Logistica Training and Consultancy LtdFigures 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 Dec 2023 (profit £382k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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