Gap Personnel Holdings Limited
Registered name: GAP PERSONNEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Rcapital Investments LLP groupGap Personnel Holdings Limited made £206m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Gap Personnel Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £206m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1m and 7,140 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £175m | £185m | £206m |
| Cost of sales | −£152m | −£164m | −£185m |
| Gross profit | £22.4m | £21.1m | £21.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.8m | −£91k |
| Profit before tax | £997k | £1.2m | −£857k |
| Profit after tax | £409k | £606k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | £409k | £606k | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | 6,298 | 7,266 | 7,140 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.3% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £27.7k | £25.5k | £28.9k |
| Profit per employee | £65 | £83 | −£144 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲11.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.2% | ▼270.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£144
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 7,140
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rcapital Investments LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Gap Personnel Topco Limited75–100%
- Gap Personnel Investments Limited75–100%
- Gap Personnel Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Driving Force Recruitment Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gap Personnel (Telford) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Gap Personnel 4WP Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quattro Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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