Virtual Human Resources Ltd
Registered name: VIRTUAL HUMAN RESOURCES LTD
Part of Virtual Human Resources Holdings Limited groupVirtual Human Resources Ltd made £17.8m revenue and £35.8k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Virtual Human Resources Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £17.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £35.8k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “Virtual Human Resources Limited is wholly owned subsidiary of Virtual Human Resources Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £14.5m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.9m | £12.3m | £15.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £167k | £58.4k | −£5.4k |
| Profit before tax | £131k | £72.4k | £54.1k |
| Profit after tax | £111k | £50.1k | £35.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £111k | £50.1k | £35.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 47 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 15% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £366k | £309k | £387k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £1.1k | £777 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.3% | ▲22.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55% | ▼28.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲27% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £897k | £2.5m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £395k | £446k | £509k |
| Fixed assets | £76.9k | £95k | £248k |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £5.8m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.7m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £187k | £183k | £96.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £387k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £777
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £509k
- Cash at bank
- ▲45%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £96.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲161%
- Now £248k
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
- Virtual Human Resources Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Virtual Human Resources Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- VHR Executive Search LimitedFigures not disclosed
- VHR Technical Consultancy LtdFigures not disclosed
- VHR Workforce Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £35.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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