Grip-UK Ltd
Registered name: GRIP-UK LTD
Part of Verlinvest Sa groupGrip-UK Ltd made £10.4m revenue and a £2.7m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Grip-UK Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £10.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £2.7m and 217 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “As at the year end, the immediate and ultimate parent company is Verlinvest Sa, a company registered in Belgium. The parent company registered address is Place Eugene Flagey 18, Ixelles, Brussels, Bel”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £7.9m | £10m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £945k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £6.6m | £8.7m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£1.3m | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£1.4m | −£2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£1.4m | −£2.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 174 | 203 | 212 | 217 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −29.4% | −21% | −14.4% | −25.9% |
| Gross margin | 83.5% | 84.3% | 86.9% | 87.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.9k | £38.7k | £47k | £47.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.7k | −£8.1k | −£6.8k | −£12.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲37.3% | ▲26.9% | ▲4.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲4.4% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.4m | £1m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £3.5m | £2.1m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £2.3m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £47.7k | £59.4k | £113k | £108k |
| Deferred income | £648k | £990k | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.1m | −£49.2k | −£1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −25.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £47.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲339%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲179%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 217
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲102%
- Now £7.7m
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
- Verlinvest Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Grip-UK Ltdthis 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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