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Company No. 05121869 · Incorporated 7 May 2004

The People Group Limited

Registered name: THE PEOPLE GROUP LIMITED

Part of People Group (Topco) Limited group

The People Group Limited made £67.5m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

The People Group Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £67.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 78109Other activities of employment placement agencies
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
Type
Private Limited Company

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: “As at 31 March 2025, People Group (TopCo) Limited, a company incorporated at 3rd Floor, 69 Wilson Street, London, England, EC2A 2BB, is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£67.5m
Growth ▼0.9%
Profit
£1.3m
Growth ▼20.2%
Profit margin
1.9%
Gross 6%
Employees
29
Change ▲20.8%
Profit / employee
£45.1k
Revenue/employee £2.3m
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£61.7m£68.1m£67.5m
Cost of sales£57.8m£63.6m£63.4m
Gross profit£3.8m£4.5m£4.1m
Operating profit£2.6m£2.2m£1.8m
Profit before tax£2.6m£2.2m£1.8m
Profit after tax£2.1m£1.6m£1.3m
Profit (best available)£2.1m£1.6m£1.3m
Staff costs£2.1m£2.2m£2.3m
Employees (average)222429
Ratios
Profit margin3.4%2.4%1.9%
Gross margin6.2%6.6%6%
Revenue per employee£2.8m£2.8m£2.3m
Profit per employee£93.8k£68.3k£45.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.4%▼0.9%
Profit growth—▼20.5%▼20.2%
Headcount growth—▲9.1%▲20.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.1m£4.1m£504k
Net assets£5m£6.7m£1.8m
Fixed assets£33k£35k£46k
Current assets£11m£11.3m£8.2m
Debtors£4.4m£4.4m£3.5m
Deferred income£2.1m£1.1m£701k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£2.3m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£45.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
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
1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.2%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼74%
Now £1.8m
Cash at bank
▼88%
Now £504k
Headcount
▲21%
Now 29
Deferred income
▼35%
Now £701k
Fixed assets
▲31%
Now £46k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. People Group (Topco) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. People Group Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. The People Group 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).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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