Certua Group Limited
Registered name: CERTUA GROUP LIMITED
Certua Group Limited made £178k revenue and a £62.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Certua Group Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £178k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £62.5k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £264k | £178k |
| Cost of sales | — | £30.9k | £19.2k |
| Gross profit | — | £233k | £159k |
| Operating profit | — | −£4.3m | −£3.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£4.4m | −£3.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£3.7m | −£62.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£3.7m | −£62.5k |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 23 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −1400% | −35% |
| Gross margin | — | 88.3% | 89.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £11.5k | £89.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£99.2k | −£161k | −£31.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼32.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼91.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £265k | £3.1m | £630k |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £17.2m | £18.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £12.9m | £16.2m | £15.3m |
| Debtors | £12.6m | £0 | £1.6k |
| Deferred income | £69k | £27k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −35%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £89.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1909%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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 £18.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼79%
- Now £630k
- Headcount
- ▼91%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲21%
- Now £3.4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Certua Financial Information Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Certua Life LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Certua Protect LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Certua Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Certua Technologies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Surely Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£62.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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