Mane Contract Services Limited
Registered name: MANE CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED
Mane Contract Services Limited made £49.2m revenue and a £263k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Mane Contract Services Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £49.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £263k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 ultimate controlling part”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £32.9m | £48.2m | £55.5m | £49.2m |
| Cost of sales | £28.2m | £41.1m | £47.5m | £42m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £7.1m | £8m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £118k | £1.2m | £1.2m | −£69.6k |
| Profit before tax | £118k | £1.2m | £694k | −£318k |
| Profit after tax | £102k | £905k | £488k | −£263k |
| Profit (best available) | £102k | £905k | £488k | −£263k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.6m | £4.2m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 51 | 59 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 1.9% | 0.9% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 14.6% | 14.5% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £632k | £945k | £941k | £879k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £17.7k | £8.3k | −£4.7k |
| Cash conversion | −298.8% | −42% | −16.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.6% | ▲15.2% | ▼11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲782.5% | ▼46% | ▼153.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▲15.7% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £494k | £1m | £254k | £191k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £247k | £220k | £179k | £577k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £10.7m | £9.9m | £8m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £8.7m | £8m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £760k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£354k | −£492k | −£199k | −£445k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £879k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £191k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲222%
- Now £577k
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)
- Socium Total Talent Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£263k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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