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Company No. 02888311 · Incorporated 17 Jan 1994

Versalift United Kingdom Limited

Registered name: VERSALIFT UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

Part of Time Manufacturing Acquisition (UK) Limited group

Versalift 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.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 33200Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£34.7m
Growth ▼12.7%
Profit
−£3.9m
Growth —
Profit margin
−11.2%
Gross 2.3%
Employees
125
Change ▼11.3%
Profit / employee
−£31k
Revenue/employee £278k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)103113141125
Ratios
Profit margin5.7%5.3%−5.3%−11.2%
Gross margin18.3%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——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Time Manufacturing Acquisition (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. 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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