Acrelec UK Limited
Registered name: ACRELEC UK LIMITED
Acrelec UK Limited made £16.1m revenue and £640k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Acrelec UK Limited’s revenue was £16.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £640k profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.3m | £17.8m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.4m | £10.5m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.9m | £7.4m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£99.2k | £1.5m | £594k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£418k | £1.9m | £523k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£352k | £1.4m | £640k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£352k | £1.4m | £640k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 43 | 48 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −3.1% | 8.1% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | 34.5% | 41.3% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £262k | £371k | £273k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£8.2k | £29.9k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34.4% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £445k | £605k | £310k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £487k | £233k | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £584k | £2.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £5.4m | £6.8m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2.3m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £60.7k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £273k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.7%
- 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 £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Odema LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £640k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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