Sip Communications Limited
Registered name: SIP COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Part of Advania Holdings UK Limited groupSip Communications Limited made £14.7m revenue and £7.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Sip Communications Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £7.3m profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £14.6m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.6m | −£1.1m | −£691k |
| Gross profit | £13.4m | £13.4m | £14m |
| Operating profit | £7.2m | £5.5m | £6.8m |
| Profit before tax | £7.2m | £5.5m | £6.8m |
| Profit after tax | £7.1m | £5.5m | £7.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.1m | £5.5m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 47.3% | 38% | 49.3% |
| Gross margin | 89.2% | 92.2% | 95.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £278k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £137k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.3% | ▲31.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 49.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £137k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Advania Holdings UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Advania UK Limited75–100%
- Sip Communications Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Advania UK (Servium) LimitedRev. £31.9m · Profit £527k
- Advania Dormant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Azzure IT LtdFigures not disclosed
- CCS Media Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Perspective Risk LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sol-Tec LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mirus Trading Group LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £7.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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