Acm Guildford Limited
Registered name: ACM GUILDFORD LIMITED
Part of RB International Holdings Limited groupAcm Guildford Limited made £16.8m revenue and a £717k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Acm Guildford Limited’s revenue was £16.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £717k and 299 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Guildford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17m | £16.8m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.4m | −£2.1m | −£2.1m |
| Gross profit | £14.6m | £14.7m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | −£834k | −£834k |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | −£797k | −£797k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | −£717k | −£717k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | −£717k | −£717k |
| Employees (average) | 331 | 299 | 299 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 18.3% | −4.3% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 86.2% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.3k | £56k | £56k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | −£2.4k | −£2.4k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.4k
- 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 299
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RB International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Doodle Toys Ltd75–100%
- Acm Guildford Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Metropolis London Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£717k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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