Poppy Acorn Limited
Registered name: POPPY ACORN LIMITED
Part of Skanska Ab groupPoppy Acorn Limited made £0 revenue and £179k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Poppy Acorn Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £179k profit. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Leavesden; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leavesden
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£11k | −£2k |
| Profit before tax | £14k | £89k | £239k |
| Profit after tax | £46k | £69k | £179k |
| Profit (best available) | £46k | £69k | £179k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▲50% | ▲159.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Skanska Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Skanska Construction Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Skanska UK PLC75–100%
- Poppy Acorn Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (11)
- Cementation Mining LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Davy Mining LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sarawak Surili LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Construction (Regions) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Construction UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Healthcare Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Infrastructure Development UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Infrastructure Investment UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skanska Trusteeships LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trollope & Colls LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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