Second Spectrum UK Limited
Registered name: SECOND SPECTRUM UK LIMITED
Part of Genius Sports Limited groupSecond Spectrum UK Limited made £6.6m revenue and £741k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Second Spectrum UK Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £6.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £741k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.8m | £6.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£1m | −£1.1m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3.7m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £421k | £702k | £964k |
| Profit before tax | £272k | £616k | £809k |
| Profit after tax | £272k | £616k | £741k |
| Profit (best available) | £272k | £616k | £741k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 16 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 12.9% | 11.3% |
| Gross margin | 71% | 77.9% | 76.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £258k | £298k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £19.4k | £38.5k | £26.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.8% | ▲37.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲126.6% | ▲20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.5k
- 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
- ▲75%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Genius Sports Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Maven Midco Limited75–100%
- Maven Debtco Limited75–100%
- Maven Bidco Limited75–100%
- Genius Sports Group Limited75–100%
- Genius Sports Holdings Limited75–100%
- Genius Sports Media Limited75–100%
- Second Spectrum 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £741k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026