Career Legal Limited
Registered name: CAREER LEGAL LIMITED
Career Legal Limited made £12.2m revenue and £381k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Career Legal Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £12.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £381k profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £13m | £12.8m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £7.7m | £8.1m | £7.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £5.3m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.1m | £523k | £509k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.1m | £524k | £528k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £883k | £377k | £381k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £883k | £377k | £381k |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 181 | 162 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 6.8% | 3% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 45.9% | 40.5% | 36.6% | 39.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.8k | £71.7k | £78.7k | £84.2k |
| Profit per employee | £8.4k | £4.9k | £2.3k | £2.6k |
| Cash conversion | 74.7% | 109.3% | 32.9% | 118.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼1.7% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.5% | ▼57.3% | ▲1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9% | ▼10.5% | ▼10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £75.2k | £128k | £906k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £80.2k | £60.9k | £57.7k | £51.6k |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.1m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £354k | £411k | £164k | £237k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £1.2m | £172k | £601k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 118.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £237k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £51.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Career Accountancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £381k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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