Comparison Technologies Limited
Registered name: COMPARISON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of Project Connect Topco Limited groupComparison Technologies Limited made £1.6m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Comparison Technologies Limited’s revenue was £1.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 44 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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. From the filing: “Project Connect Topco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m | £4.5m | £3.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£17.8m | £30.5m | £1.5m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£19.7m | £28m | £4.5m | −£1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£19.6m | £27.7m | £4.5m | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.6m | £27.7m | £4.5m | −£1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.9m | £2.6m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 165 | 144 | 61 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −634% | 622.4% | 124.5% | −105% |
| Revenue per employee | £18.7k | £30.9k | £59.3k | £35.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£119k | £192k | £73.9k | −£37.2k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £108k | £64.1k | £1.5k | £158k |
| Net assets | −£20.3m | £7.4m | £8.9m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £19.8m | £19.5m | £19.4m | £20m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £4.4m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £4.3m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £360k | £246k | £298k | £213k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −105%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£37.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1283%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 312.2%
- 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 £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £158k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £213k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £20m
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
- Project Connect Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Comparison Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- UK Web Media LimitedRev. £13.6m · Profit £1.6m
- Fundraising Innovations LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
- Tenant Shop Home Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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