Significan't (UK) Limited
Registered name: SIGNIFICAN'T (UK) LIMITED
Part of Sign Language Interactions Limited groupSignifican't (UK) Limited made £13.7m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Significan't (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “translation and interpretation activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “The company's immediate parent company is Sign Language Interactions Limited, incorporated in the UK. The ultimate parent company is Ariel Alternatives LLC, based in the United States of America.The l”
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) | £5.5m | £12m | £14.3m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £6.2m | £7.7m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £5.8m | £6.6m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £865k | £3.2m | £4.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £865k | £3.2m | £4.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £741k | £2.5m | £3.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £741k | £2.5m | £3.4m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 57 | 65 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.4% | 20.4% | 23.5% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 48.5% | 46.1% | 34.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £211k | £220k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £43k | £51.7k | £16.6k |
| Cash conversion | 104.6% | 2.6% | −167% | −95.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲118.1% | ▲18.5% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲230.9% | ▲37% | ▼63.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲14% | ▲13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £2.1m | £5.3m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £890k | £3.3m | £6.7m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £53.9k | £216k | £186k | £293k |
| Current assets | £7m | £8.7m | £9.4m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £6.5m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Cash from operations | £905k | £82.2k | −£7.5m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −95.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.8%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲58%
- Now £293k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sign Language Interactions Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Significan't (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Interpreter Now LtdFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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