Aceo Limited
Registered name: ACEO LIMITED
Aceo Limited made £470k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Aceo Limited reported £470k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 57 employees. The company is classified under “distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits” and is based in Westbury-on-Severn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westbury-on-Severn, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £8.3m | — |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £4.1m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £4.2m | — |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £476k | — |
| Profit before tax | £896k | −£557k | £569k |
| Profit after tax | £750k | −£465k | £470k |
| Profit (best available) | £750k | −£465k | £470k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 66 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −5.6% | — |
| Gross margin | 55.3% | 50.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £125k | — |
| Profit per employee | £13.9k | −£7k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼162% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▼13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £466k | £164k | £28.7k |
| Net assets | £9.9m | £9m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8.5m | £9.3m | £9.8m |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £19.6m | £21.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £615k | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £218k | £135k | £93k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £28.7k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £93k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £9.8m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Aceo Distillers Company LtdRev. — · Profit −£71.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £470k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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