QCS Staffing Ltd
Registered name: QCS STAFFING LTD
Part of QCS Group Holdings Limited groupQCS Staffing Ltd made £21.4m revenue and a £2.9k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
QCS Staffing Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £21.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.9k and 92 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Berkhamsted; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Berkhamsted, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £21.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £187k | £209k |
| Profit before tax | £95.3k | £107k |
| Profit after tax | £50.9k | −£2.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £50.9k | −£2.9k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 92 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 44% |
| Revenue per employee | £254k | £233k |
| Profit per employee | £636 | −£32 |
| Cash conversion | 2344% | 246.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼105.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £111k | £119k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £485k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £615k | £938k |
| Cash from operations | £4.4m | £516k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £233k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£32
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 246.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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 £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £119k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £938k
- Fixed assets
- ▲186%
- Now £1.4m
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
- QCS Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- QCS Staffing Group Ltd75–100%
- QCS Staffing Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Quanta Consultancy Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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