Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment Ltd
Registered name: ALEXANDER ASSOCIATES TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LTD
Part of GPR Technical Recruitment Limited groupAlexander Associates Technical Recruitment Ltd made £31.3m revenue and £39.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £31.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £39.2k profit and 28 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Westerham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westerham, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 parent company of Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.6m | £32.5m | £35.9m | £32.3m | £31.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.6m | £29.2m | £32.7m | £29.7m | £28.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £876k | £924k | £914k | £549k | £193k |
| Profit before tax | £834k | £787k | £718k | £390k | £54.7k |
| Profit after tax | £692k | £635k | £537k | £293k | £39.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £692k | £635k | £537k | £293k | £39.2k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 2% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.7% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 8% |
| Revenue per employee | £788k | £1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £19.8k | £19.8k | £18.5k | £10.5k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲10.7% | ▼10% | ▼3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼15.3% | ▼45.5% | ▼86.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼9.4% | ▼3.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £101k | £165k | £331k | £192k | £380k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £49k | £47.5k | £59.3k | £44.5k | £38.2k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £9.3m | £9.4m | £9.4m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £4m |
| Deferred income | £516k | £758k | £232k | £311k | £500k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.8%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲98%
- Now £380k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▲61%
- Now £500k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £38.2k
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
- GPR Technical Recruitment Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alexander Associates Technical Recruitment Ltdthis 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 31 Mar 2026 (profit £39.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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