{"name":"ACORN LIMITED","company_number":"04398269","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2002-03-19","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Building 1 Meadows Business Park, Blackwater, Camberley, United Kingdom, GU17 9AB","postcode":"GU17 9AB","sic_codes":[{"code":68310,"description":"Real estate agencies"}],"principal_activity":"The Acorn Group is a fully integrated long established business providing a full range of property related services. In the year under review its main operating divisions included; Residential Sales, Residential Lettings, Land and Commercial, New Homes, Financial Services, Estate Management and Surveying.","previous_names":[{"name":"XEPHOR LIMITED","changed_on":"2002-04-10"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Audit Exemption Subsidiary","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":436,"accounts_date":"2022-08-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2022-08-31","profit_loss":1485401,"net_assets":7815144,"cash":2783297,"average_employees":436},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","profit_loss":5394859,"net_assets":8147582,"cash":10911228,"average_employees":393},{"financial_date":"2020-12-31","net_assets":4421791,"cash":9059849},{"financial_date":"2019-12-31","net_assets":2793514,"cash":1097754},{"financial_date":"2018-12-31","net_assets":1707871,"cash":795099}],"officers":{"current":6,"resigned":9,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Acorn Limited is a well-established, multi-brand estate agency group with a strong track record of equity growth (net assets increasing from £2M to £7.8M over six years) and improving leverage. The diversified revenue model across six property-related divisions provides resilience, though the cyclical nature of residential transactions and geographic concentration in South East London and Kent present sector-specific risks. The primary credit concern is the unexplained £8.13M cash decline between December 2021 and August 2022, which must be clarified to confirm whether this reflects operational investment, debt repayment, or dividend extraction to the parent company. Subject to satisfactory explanation and appropriate covenants, the business demonstrates adequate capacity to service commercial obligations.","website":"http://www.acornlimited.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/acorn","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04398269","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/acorn/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/acorn"}