Dutton Recruitment Limited
Registered name: DUTTON RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Part of Portland Investment Group Holdings Limited groupDutton Recruitment Limited made £14.2m revenue and £43.8k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Dutton Recruitment Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £43.8k profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.3m | £23.3m | £19.3m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £20.3m | £19.8m | £16.5m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.5m | £2.8m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £793k | £290k | £113k |
| Profit before tax | £968k | £634k | £137k | £18.3k |
| Profit after tax | £755k | £450k | £125k | £43.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £755k | £450k | £125k | £43.8k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 32 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.5% | 14.9% | 14.6% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £564k | £729k | £536k | £394k |
| Profit per employee | £17.6k | £14.1k | £3.5k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼17.3% | ▼26.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.4% | ▼72.2% | ▼65% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.6% | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £75.3k | £43.3k | £198k | £32.2k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £190k | £153k | £149k | £117k |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.1m | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £3.7m | £3.3m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £394k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £32.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £117k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Portland Investment Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Portland Investment Group Limited75–100%
- Dutton Recruitment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Found Recruitment Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- My Job Hub LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Now Dutton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Payco Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Portland Payroll LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Portland Group Property Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £43.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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