Sportscover Europe Limited
Registered name: SPORTSCOVER EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Whitburn Capital Limited groupSportscover Europe Limited made £1.6m revenue and £250k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sportscover Europe Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £1.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £250k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “activities of insurance agents and brokers” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of ActiveRisk Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 8 Eagle Court, London, England, EC1M 5QD.”
Key figures
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5k | £23.3k | £14.5k | £12k |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £267k | £129k | £76.6k | £252k |
| Profit before tax | £270k | £141k | £93.6k | £265k |
| Profit after tax | £270k | £162k | £84.8k | £250k |
| Profit (best available) | £270k | £162k | £84.8k | £250k |
| Staff costs | £587k | £813k | £811k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.4% | 11.3% | 6.4% | 15.5% |
| Gross margin | 99.3% | 98.4% | 98.9% | 99.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.7k | £71.7k | £70k | £89.4k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £8.1k | £4.5k | £13.9k |
| Cash conversion | 120.2% | 367.7% | — | −78.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.3% | ▼7.2% | ▲20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40% | ▼47.5% | ▲195% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▼5% | ▼5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £635k | £742k | £772k | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £34.8k | £30.6k | £2.6k | £35.3k |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Debtors | £567k | £773k | £706k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £162k | £67.1k | £74.4k | £186k |
| Cash from operations | £321k | £474k | — | −£198k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −78.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 73.3%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▲150%
- Now £186k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1259%
- Now £35.3k
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
- Whitburn Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Activerisk Group Limited75–100%
- Activerisk Limited75–100%
- Sportscover Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Active Underwriting Specialists LimitedRev. £183k · Profit £56.3k
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 £250k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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