Acuity Law Limited
Registered name: ACUITY LAW LIMITED
Part of Acuity Law Holdings Limited groupAcuity Law Limited made £18.6m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Acuity Law Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £18.6m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £2.1m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £16.7m | £16.2m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.7m | £9.4m | £9.5m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.3m | £6.7m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 120 | 118 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16% | 8.1% | 7.8% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 49% | 43.7% | 41.4% | 41.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £139k | £138k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £25.9k | £11.3k | £10.7k | £18.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11% | ▼2.6% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.8% | ▼6.2% | ▲62.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲29% | ▼1.7% | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.8m | £558k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £7.5m | £7.8m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £10.7m | £10.5m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.3m | £786k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲226%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Acuity Law Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acuity Law Group Limited75–100%
- Acuity Law Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Acuity Dpo LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Acuity Legal LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Acuity Project Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Acuity Real Estate Advisers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Adam Street Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maple & Black Law LimitedFigures not disclosed
- New LL LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Acuity Sales & Valuations 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 30 Nov 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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