Versalift United Kingdom Limited
Registered name: VERSALIFT UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Part of Time Manufacturing Acquisition (UK) Limited groupVersalift United Kingdom Limited made £34.7m revenue and a £3.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Versalift United Kingdom Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £34.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £3.9m and 125 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.3m | £28.4m | £39.7m | £34.7m |
| Cost of sales | £19.8m | £23.4m | £36.7m | £33.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £5m | £3m | £810k |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | −£2m | −£3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.9m | −£2.1m | −£4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | −£2.1m | −£3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.5m | −£2.1m | −£3.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.2m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 113 | 141 | 125 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 5.3% | −5.3% | −11.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 17.5% | 7.6% | 2.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £236k | £251k | £282k | £278k |
| Profit per employee | £13.4k | £13.2k | −£15k | −£31k |
| Cash conversion | — | −40.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17% | ▲39.9% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼242.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▲24.8% | ▼11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £8.8m | £5.8m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £362k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £20.8m | £26.8m | £24.7m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £8m | £9.9m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £263k | £234k | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£770k | −£438k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- 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
- ▼66%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Time Manufacturing Acquisition (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Versalift United Kingdom 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 2024 (profit −£3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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