Central Employment Agency (North East) Limited
Registered name: CENTRAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY (NORTH EAST) LIMITED
Part of Decadeon Holdings Limited groupCentral Employment Agency (North East) Limited made £31.2m revenue and £647k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Central Employment Agency (North East) Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £31.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £647k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “The company is under the control of Decadeon Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the UK. The registered office is 54 Portland House, 54 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, NE”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £25.9m | £25m | £24.8m | £31.2m |
| Cost of sales | £21.4m | £20.8m | £21m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.1m | £3.8m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.1m | £834k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £933k | £608k | £911k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £706k | £419k | £647k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £706k | £419k | £647k |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £12.4m | £12.2m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 435 | 486 | 49 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 2.8% | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 16.6% | 15.3% | 13.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.6k | £51.4k | £505k | £710k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £1.5k | £8.5k | £14.7k |
| Cash conversion | −74.4% | −70.5% | −177.4% | 11.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▼0.8% | ▲26.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.3% | ▼40.7% | ▲54.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼89.9% | ▼10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £271k | £45.7k | £68.1k | £79.3k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £894k | £557k | £638k |
| Fixed assets | £89.5k | £58.7k | £81.5k | £103k |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £6.4m | £6.1m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £5m | £5.4m | £5m | £7m |
| Deferred income | £675k | £590k | £886k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | −£792k | −£1.5m | £142k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £710k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 11.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £638k
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £79.3k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £103k
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
- Decadeon Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Central Employment Agency (North East) Limitedthis 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £647k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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