Dacre Activities Limited
Registered name: DACRE ACTIVITIES LIMITED
Part of The United Westminster and Grey Coat Foundation groupDacre Activities Limited made £689k revenue and £457k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Dacre Activities Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £689k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £457k profit. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £413k | £552k | £689k |
| Cost of sales | −£97.2k | −£59.2k | −£50.6k |
| Gross profit | £316k | £493k | £639k |
| Operating profit | £305k | £319k | — |
| Profit before tax | £305k | £319k | £457k |
| Profit after tax | £305k | £247k | £457k |
| Profit (best available) | £305k | £247k | £457k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 73.9% | 44.7% | 66.4% |
| Gross margin | 76.4% | 89.3% | 92.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.7% | ▲24.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.1% | ▲85.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 66.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The United Westminster and Grey Coat Foundationultimate parent75–100%
- Dacre Activities Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- The Westminster Grey Coat Property Company LimitedRev. £372k · Profit £232k
- Lambe Education LimitedRev. £312k · Profit £73.8k
- Qas Enterprises LimitedRev. £193k · Profit £112k
- Emanuel International Schools LtdRev. £91.1k · Profit £68.7k
- Townright Property Management LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £457k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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