Harnham Search and Selection Limited
Registered name: HARNHAM SEARCH AND SELECTION LIMITED
Part of Harnham Group Limited groupHarnham Search and Selection Limited made £21.1m revenue and £382k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Harnham Search and Selection Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £21.1m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £382k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Wimbledon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wimbledon, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23m | £19.4m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £11.8m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £10m | £7.6m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £216k | −£805k | £326k |
| Profit before tax | £101k | −£878k | £314k |
| Profit after tax | £193k | −£795k | £382k |
| Profit (best available) | £193k | −£795k | £382k |
| Staff costs | £8m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 103 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −4.1% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.3% | 39.1% | 42.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £188k | £189k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | −£7.7k | £4.2k |
| Cash conversion | −1059% | — | −58.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.4% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼512.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £285k | £176k | £454k |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £5m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £828k | £476k | £189k |
| Current assets | £13.3m | £13.3m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £3.8m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £16.1k | £563 | £85.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1.6m | −£191k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −58.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲158%
- Now £454k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▲15066%
- Now £85.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼60%
- Now £189k
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
- Harnham Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harnham Search and Selection Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Harnham Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rockborne 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 Nov 2025 (profit £382k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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