Worldline IT Services UK Limited
Registered name: WORLDLINE IT SERVICES UK LIMITED
Part of Worldline Sa groupWorldline IT Services UK Limited made £86.7m revenue and £12.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Worldline IT Services UK Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £86.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.4m profit and 463 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £79.2m | £81.3m | £80.2m | £86.7m |
| Cost of sales | £41.9m | £35.7m | −£33.1m | −£41.6m |
| Gross profit | £37.3m | £45.7m | £47.1m | £45.1m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £15m | £16.3m | £14.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.9m | £17.4m | £18.9m | £15.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £12.4m | £13.5m | £12.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £12.4m | £13.5m | £12.4m |
| Staff costs | £31.5m | £31.7m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 468 | 450 | 439 | 463 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 15.3% | 16.9% | 14.3% |
| Gross margin | 47.1% | 56.1% | 58.7% | 52% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £181k | £183k | £187k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £27.6k | £30.8k | £26.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼1.5% | ▲8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲251.7% | ▲8.6% | ▼7.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼2.4% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £61.3m | £79.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £93.9m | £93.2m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £69.7m | £71.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £115m | £131m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £3.5m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £15m | £15.6m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £187k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.9k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now 463
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Worldline Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Worldline IT Services UK 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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