Cost Verification International Limited
Registered name: COST VERIFICATION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Cost Verification International Limited made £1.5m revenue and a £271k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Cost Verification International Limited’s revenue grew 68% to £1.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with a loss of £271k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Barnet; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Barnet, East of England
- Age
- 8 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £870k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£74.8k | −£271k |
| Profit (best available) | −£74.8k | −£271k |
| Staff costs | £203k | £155k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −8.6% | −18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £870k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£74.8k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲67.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £996 | — |
| Net assets | −£74.8k | −£112k |
| Current assets | £709k | £12k |
| Debtors | £684k | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- 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 −£112k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit −£271k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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