VZ Investment Research Ltd
Registered name: VZ INVESTMENT RESEARCH LTD
Part of Vz Holding Ag groupVZ Investment Research Ltd made £551k revenue and £43.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
VZ Investment Research Ltd’s revenue grew 36% to £551k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £43.9k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £685k | £406k | £551k |
| Gross profit | £685k | £406k | £551k |
| Operating profit | £88.7k | £50.5k | £61k |
| Profit before tax | £88.7k | £50.5k | £60.2k |
| Profit after tax | £70.8k | £37.4k | £43.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £70.8k | £37.4k | £43.9k |
| Staff costs | £414k | £317k | £303k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 9.2% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £81.1k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £11.8k | £7.5k | £8.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.8% | ▲35.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.1% | ▲17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £313k | £401k | £417k |
| Net assets | £343k | £389k | £437k |
| Current assets | £471k | £511k | £579k |
| Debtors | £180 | £110k | £162k |
| Deferred income | £98.1k | £98.4k | £101k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.8k
- 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
- 18.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £437k
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £417k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £101k
- 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
- Vz Holding Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- VZ Investment Research Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit £43.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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