Drivers Direct Recruitment Agency Limited
Registered name: DRIVERS DIRECT RECRUITMENT AGENCY LIMITED
Part of Drivers Direct Recruitment Group Limited groupDrivers Direct Recruitment Agency Limited made £18.4m revenue and £557k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Drivers Direct Recruitment Agency Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £18.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £557k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Kemsing; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kemsing, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Mar 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.7m | £31m | £15.7m | £18.4m |
| Cost of sales | £18.1m | £24.6m | £12.6m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £6.4m | £3.1m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.2m | £420k | £744k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.2m | £423k | £719k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1m | £340k | £557k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1m | £340k | £557k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.9m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 66 | 44 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 20.6% | 19.6% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £360k | £470k | £356k | £498k |
| Profit per employee | £17.1k | £15.7k | £7.7k | £15k |
| Cash conversion | −101.6% | −47.3% | −49% | −174.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲17.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲63.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼15.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £772k | £32.3k | £674k |
| Net assets | £457k | £256k | £259k | £407k |
| Fixed assets | £214k | £199k | £191k | £179k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £4.9m | £3.8m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £4m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£564k | −£206k | −£1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £498k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −174.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.7%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £407k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1985%
- Now £674k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £179k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Drivers Direct Recruitment Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Drivers Direct Recruitment Agency 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £557k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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