Guidant Global UK Limited
Registered name: GUIDANT GLOBAL UK LIMITED
Part of Headfirst Global PLC groupGuidant Global UK Limited made £711m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 3 Jan 2025.
Guidant Global UK Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £711m in the year to 3 Jan 2025, with £1.9m profit and 246 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
- 32 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: “Carlisle Staffing Services 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) | £783m | £711m |
| Cost of sales | £755m | £687m |
| Gross profit | £28.1m | £24.6m |
| Operating profit | £16.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £16m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £15.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £15.1m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £14.2m | £13m |
| Employees (average) | 278 | 246 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | £54.2k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £968k |
| Net assets | £35.3m | £37.2m |
| Fixed assets | £58.5m | £65.7m |
| Current assets | £117m | £108m |
| Debtors | £113m | £107m |
| Deferred income | £888k | £436k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £37.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £968k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 246
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £436k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £65.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Headfirst Global PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Vertage Limited75–100%
- Impellam UK Limited75–100%
- Carlisle Group Limited75–100%
- Vertage Solutions Limited75–100%
- Carlisle Staffing Services Holdings Limited75–100%
- Carlisle Staffing Services Limited75–100%
- Guidant Global UK 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 3 Jan 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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