Side International UK Limited
Registered name: SIDE INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
Part of Side International Holdings Limited groupSide International UK Limited made £15.4m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Side International UK Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.8m and 429 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “Pole To Win Holdings, Inc”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.6m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16.9m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £653k |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£2.8m |
| Staff costs | £10.6m | £10.2m |
| Employees (average) | 537 | 429 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.2% | −17.8% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.5k | £36k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.4k | −£6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼20.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £472k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | −£91.5k |
| Fixed assets | £310k | £109k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £690k | £640k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▼103%
- Now −£91.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £472k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 429
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £640k
- Fixed assets
- ▼65%
- Now £109k
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
- Side International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Side International UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Side UK LimitedRev. £22.7m · Profit £1.6m
- Onexp UK LtdRev. — · Profit −£1.4m
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 −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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