Berkeley Scott Limited
Registered name: BERKELEY SCOTT LIMITED
Part of The Kellan Group Limited groupBerkeley Scott Limited made £18m revenue and £142k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Berkeley Scott Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £18m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £142k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £22m | £20.3m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £15.9m | £14.8m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £6.1m | £5.5m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £830k | £977k | £1.2m | £267k |
| Profit before tax | £810k | £962k | £1.2m | £223k |
| Profit after tax | £820k | £626k | £878k | £142k |
| Profit (best available) | £820k | £626k | £878k | £142k |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £16.9m | £16m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 548 | 843 | 815 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 27.8% | 27.1% | 22.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £22.7k | £26.2k | £24.9k | £475k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £743 | £1.1k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲77.4% | ▼7.9% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.6% | ▲40.2% | ▼83.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲53.8% | ▼3.3% | ▼95.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.7m | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £4.4m | £3.8m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £120k | £156k | £124k | £137k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £475k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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 £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼95%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £137k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.2m
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
- The Kellan Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Berkeley Scott Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Xpress Recruitment LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Fusion People Employees' Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quantica LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Robinson Keane LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £142k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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