Acreo Limited
Registered name: ACREO LIMITED
Part of Apc Group Limited groupAcreo 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.
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 73 | 68 | 62 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.3% | 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 |
| 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
- 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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Apc Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acreo Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- East West Flooring Company 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 £801k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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