Acorn Lodge Limited
Registered name: ACORN LODGE LIMITED
Part of LCH Care Group Limited groupAcorn Lodge Limited made £6.9m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Acorn Lodge Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £6.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1.8m profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £6.2m | £6.8m | £6.9m |
| Cost of sales | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.8m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.5m | £641k | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.9m | £144k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.9m | £144k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 90 | 97 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 36.2% | 30.6% | 2.1% | 25.4% |
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 45.9% | 43.7% | 41.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.5k | £68.7k | £69.7k | £69.5k |
| Profit per employee | £19.4k | £21k | £1.5k | £17.6k |
| Cash conversion | −33.4% | −266.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | ▲9.4% | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼92.4% | ▲1121% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.2% | ▲7.8% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £6.8m | £5.6m | £920k |
| Net assets | £22.1m | £24m | £24.1m | £25.9m |
| Fixed assets | £13.8m | £13.9m | £12.5m | £12.5m |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £15.6m | £17.3m | £16.1m |
| Debtors | £475k | £777k | £729k | £540k |
| Deferred income | £143k | £83.3k | £193k | £148k |
| Cash from operations | −£608k | −£6.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £69.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 179.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £25.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £920k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £148k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £12.5m
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
- LCH Care Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acorn Lodge Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- LCH Brook LimitedRev. £3.4m · Profit £469k
Sister companies (3)
- Topcare LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit £1.2m
- Mornington Care LtdRev. £4m · Profit £610k
- BNTL Care LtdRev. £3.9m · Profit £544k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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