Acro Aircraft Seating Limited
Registered name: ACRO AIRCRAFT SEATING LIMITED
Part of Acro Holdings Limited groupAcro Aircraft Seating Limited made £30.6m revenue and £981k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Acro Aircraft Seating Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £30.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £981k profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery” and is based in Crick; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crick, East Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.3m | £24.2m | £17m | £25.1m | £30.6m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £17.6m | £12m | £19.1m | £19.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £6.6m | £5m | £6m | £11m |
| Operating profit | −£4.1m | −£12m | −£7.4m | −£7.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.6m | −£12.5m | −£7.7m | −£7.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | −£5.9m | £981k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.6m | −£12.5m | −£7.7m | −£5.9m | £981k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £6.7m | £6.9m | £6.5m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 129 | 122 | 133 | 136 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −14.3% | −51.6% | −45.2% | −23.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 27.2% | 29.4% | 23.9% | 36.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £270k | £188k | £139k | £188k | £225k |
| Profit per employee | −£38.5k | −£96.9k | −£62.9k | −£44.3k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.2% | ▼29.9% | ▲47.6% | ▲22.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼5.4% | ▲9% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £635k | £197k | £530k | £1.5m | £611k |
| Net assets | −£14.5m | £1.7m | −£4m | −£9.9m | −£8.9m |
| Fixed assets | — | £9.6m | £8.3m | — | — |
| Current assets | — | £12.2m | £18m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.7m | £2.6m | £4.5m | £3.5m | £7.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £225k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- 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
- 24%
- 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
- —
- Now −£8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼60%
- Now £611k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Acro Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Acro Aircraft Seating Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit £981k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026