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Company No. SC248767 · Incorporated 2 May 2003

Acreo Limited

Registered name: ACREO LIMITED

Part of Apc Group Limited group

Acreo Limited made £23.2m revenue and £801k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Acreo Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £23.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £801k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Oldmeldrum; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Oldmeldrum, Scotland
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£23.2m
Growth ▼11.7%
Profit
£801k
Growth ▲6.8%
Profit margin
3.5%
Gross 18.3%
Employees
62
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£12.9k
Revenue/employee £375k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£30.6m£35.4m£26.3m£23.2m
Cost of sales£26.8m£31.8m£23.3m£19m
Gross profit£3.8m£3.6m£3.1m£4.3m
Operating profit£1m£987k£921k£976k
Profit before tax£1m£1m£1m£1.1m
Profit after tax£811k£803k£750k£801k
Profit (best available)£811k£803k£750k£801k
Staff costs£3.7m£3.6m£3.3m£3.5m
Employees (average)73686262
Ratios
Profit margin2.6%2.3%2.9%3.5%
Gross margin12.3%10.3%11.6%18.3%
Revenue per employee£419k£521k£425k£375k
Profit per employee£11.1k£11.8k£12.1k£12.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲15.8%▼25.7%▼11.7%
Profit growth—▼1%▼6.5%▲6.8%
Headcount growth—▼6.9%▼8.8%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£5.7m£5.4m£4.3m£5.4m
Net assets£6.2m£6.9m£7.4m£1.6m
Fixed assets£408k£482k£551k£584k
Current assets£12.4m£13.2m£14.6m£10m
Debtors£3m£4.1m£6.7m£3.2m
Deferred income£737k£1.2m£1.7m£1.7m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£375k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£12.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
7.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
14%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼78%
Now £1.6m
Cash at bank
▲25%
Now £5.4m
Headcount
0%
Now 62
Deferred income
▲4%
Now £1.7m
Fixed assets
▲6%
Now £584k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Apc Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Acreo Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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 £801k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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