Science Recruitment Group Ltd
Registered name: SCIENCE RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD
Part of Headfirst Global PLC groupScience Recruitment Group Ltd made £62.8m revenue and £5k profit in the year to 3 Jan 2025.
Science Recruitment Group Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £62.8m in the year to 3 Jan 2025, with £5k profit and 87 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Luton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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: “Impellam UK Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 5 Jan 2024 | 3 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £68.6m | £62.8m |
| Cost of sales | £58.4m | £53.8m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £72k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £71k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £5k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £5k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 87 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 14.9% | 14.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £654k | £722k |
| Profit per employee | £10.2k | £57 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £10.7m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £14.3m | £26.2m |
| Current assets | £15.7m | £15.3m |
| Debtors | £14.3m | £14m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £722k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £57
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 87
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £26.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Headfirst Global PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Vertage Limited75–100%
- Impellam UK Limited75–100%
- Science Recruitment Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Carbon60 LimitedRev. £120m · Profit £4.6m
- Carlisle Group LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
- Carlisle Nominees LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Onetrue LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 3 Jan 2025 (profit £5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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