Valutrades Posts Loss in 2021 despite Revenue Increase

FCA-regulated Valutrades Limited published its financials for fiscal 2021, ending on December 31, reporting a staggering loss despite an 11 percent increase in annual revenue.

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However, the broker's sales cost increased significantly to £2.2 million from merely £820,813, pushing the gross profit to £2.19 million, which is a decline of more than 30 percent. Its administrative costs of the UK operations also jumped, resting in an operating loss of £443,575, compared to a profit of £865,155 in the previous year.

Staggering Loss

After considering interest, the broker ended the year with a pre-tax loss of £443,263. It turned a profit of £884,266 in the previous year. The net loss, after considering taxes, came in at £471,549, against a total profit of £1.16 million in 2021.

On the positive side, the amount in retail client funds held by the company jumped by 7 percent last year, to £4.53 million from £2.57 million.

“The start to 2022 has been another positive start for Valuetrades with the trends of inflation and interest rate uncertainty as well as global turmoil causing increased volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad Read this Term in financial markets that has a net positive effect on client volume and commission incomes,” the Companies House filing added.

“Valuetrades continued its plan to reinvest profits in the business to increase reputation and market share, and this plan continues to perform well with record new customer acquisition and volumes through 2021 and the beginning of 2022.”