Verve Investments Limited
Registered name: VERVE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Altered Estates Limited groupVerve Investments Limited made £456k revenue and a £232k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Verve Investments Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £456k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £232k and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £931k | £691k | £591k | £456k |
| Cost of sales | £279k | £266k | £165k | £278k |
| Gross profit | £653k | £424k | £426k | £178k |
| Operating profit | −£435k | −£370k | −£548k | £179k |
| Profit before tax | −£736k | −£941k | −£1.1m | −£214k |
| Profit after tax | −£637k | −£912k | −£818k | −£232k |
| Profit (best available) | −£637k | −£912k | −£818k | −£232k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −68.4% | −132% | −138.4% | −50.9% |
| Gross margin | 70.1% | 61.4% | 72.1% | 39.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £173k | £148k | £114k |
| Profit per employee | −£159k | −£228k | −£204k | −£58k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.9% | ▼14.4% | ▼22.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £6.9m | £4m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £6.2m | £5.3m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £422k | £260k | £402k | £290k |
| Deferred income | £319k | £179k | £200k | £346k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −50.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £114k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£58k
- 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
- 75.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 63.6%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲73%
- Now £346k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Altered Estates Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Verve Group Limited75–100%
- Verve Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Verve Properties LimitedRev. £55.4k · Profit £15.3k
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 −£232k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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