Corepeople Recruitment Limited
Registered name: COREPEOPLE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Corepeople Recruitment Limited made £14.9m revenue and £95k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Corepeople Recruitment Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £14.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £95k profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Durham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Durham, North East
- Age
- 27 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.
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) | £14m | £13.9m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £12.3m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £96k | £204k | £185k |
| Profit before tax | £65.8k | £155k | £126k |
| Profit after tax | £53.1k | £113k | £95k |
| Profit (best available) | £53.1k | £113k | £95k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £4.4m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 167 | 150 | 152 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 11.7% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.1k | £92.9k | £97.9k |
| Profit per employee | £318 | £756 | £625 |
| Cash conversion | 23.6% | 8.8% | −81.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.5% | ▼16.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.6k | £507 | £181 |
| Net assets | £167k | £130k | £75.4k |
| Fixed assets | £8.8k | £6.5k | £13.7k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £349k | £369k | £431k |
| Cash from operations | £22.6k | £17.9k | −£151k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £625
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −81.4%
- 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
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £75.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £181
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £431k
- Fixed assets
- ▲111%
- Now £13.7k
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)
- Hawthorn Blue LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £95k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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