ACORN GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
-36.5% vs 2023
Employees
131
+42.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-155.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ACORN GROUP LIMITED 2001-10-11 → present
- ACORN MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 1997-11-21 → 2001-10-11
- LICHFIELD MOTORS LIMITED 1948-12-20 → 1997-11-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,497,081 | £118,128,113 | |
| Operating profit | £338,852 | £43,851 | |
| Profit before tax | -£522,740 | -£1,336,648 | |
| Net profit | -£441,121 | -£1,026,331 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,945,433 | £4,523,150 | |
| Net assets | £2,811,630 | £1,785,299 | |
| Equity | £2,811,630 | £1,785,299 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 131 | |
| Wages | £2,786,650 | £4,129,500 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 0.39x | 0.03x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Jacksons Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Michael Patrick | Director | 2019-01-22 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MILLS, Stephen John | Director | 2019-01-22 | Jan 1970 | British |
| PLATT, James William | Director | 2019-05-16 | Dec 1978 | British |
| STYLES, Michael Andrew Kent | Director | 2019-01-22 | Aug 1959 | British |
| VICKERS, David York | Director | 2019-01-22 | Jan 1965 | British |
| VICKERS, Richard Thomas | Director | 2019-01-22 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABNETT, John | Secretary | — | 2010-05-01 |
| HOOD, Jayne | Secretary | 2010-05-01 | 2016-11-04 |
| ABNETT, John | Director | — | 2019-01-22 |
| BELL, Derek Reginald | Director | 1997-11-01 | 1999-03-31 |
| HODGSON, Ian | Director | — | 2007-07-31 |
| LARKIN, David Charles | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2019-01-22 |
| MURR, John Christopher Skepper | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| SAMPSON, Andrew Michael | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| SPARKES, Matthew | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-01-22 |
| WELDON, Patrick Langford Darryl | Director | — | 2001-11-26 |
| WILKINSON, Andrew James Durham | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2019-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vm Automotive Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-01-22 | Active |
| Weldon & Waring Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+39.8%
£84,497,081 £118,128,113
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-36.5%
£2,811,630 £1,785,299
-
Employees
+42.4%
92 131
-
Operating profit
-87.1%
£338,852 £43,851
-
Profit before tax
-155.7%
-£522,740 -£1,336,648
-
Wages
+48.2%
£2,786,650 £4,129,500
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers