Acorns (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: ACORNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Part of HCR Legal LLP groupAcorns (Holdings) Limited made £14.7m revenue and £104k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Acorns (Holdings) Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £104k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £12.2m | £13.7m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £7.6m | £8.7m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.6m | £5m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £953k | £1.4m | £981k | £926k |
| Profit before tax | £811k | £1.1m | £722k | £604k |
| Profit after tax | £677k | £874k | £342k | £104k |
| Profit (best available) | £677k | £874k | £342k | £104k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £8.8m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 373 | 397 | 433 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 7.2% | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 37% | 37.7% | 36.6% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £28k | £30.7k | £31.7k | £14.7m |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £2.2k | £791 | £104k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −12.7% | −24.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲12.4% | ▲6.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28.9% | ▼60.8% | ▼69.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲9.1% | ▼99.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £500k | £0 | £133k |
| Net assets | £10.6k | £389k | £310k | £339k |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | — | — | £3.6m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | — | — | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£125k | −£225k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £14.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £104k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −24.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £339k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £133k
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- HCR Legal LLPultimate parent75–100%
- HCR Trust Corporation Limited75–100%
- Acorns (Holdings) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Acorns Nurseries LimitedRev. £14.7m · Profit £757k
- New House Farm Cardiff LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Falcon Housing Association C.I.C.Figures not disclosed
- Iota Properties 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 £104k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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