Redgrave Search Limited
Registered name: REDGRAVE SEARCH LIMITED
Part of Redgrave Topco Limited groupRedgrave Search Limited made £17.1m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Redgrave Search Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £17.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.2m and 41 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “The immediate parent company is Redgrave Holdings Limited and ultimate parent undertaking is Redgrave Topco Limited. The registered office is at 4th Floor, 2 Savoy Court, London, WC2R 0EZ. Copies of t”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £12.8m | £15.1m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £904k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £13.3m | £11.7m | £13.7m | £15m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £4.1m | £4.6m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £4.2m | £4.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £3.4m | £3.6m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £7.3m | £6.3m | £7.5m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 38 | 41 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.4% | 26.1% | 23.8% | −12.8% |
| Gross margin | 93.6% | 91% | 90.6% | 87.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £338k | £338k | £369k | £416k |
| Profit per employee | £99.4k | £88.3k | £88k | −£53.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲17.9% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.6% | ▲7.6% | ▼160.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲7.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.9m | £2.4m | £3.1m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £9.6m | £13.2m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £60k | £40k | £26.6k | £40.4k |
| Current assets | £10m | £12.8m | £17.2m | £15.5m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £416k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£53.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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 £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▲56%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲52%
- Now £40.4k
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
- Redgrave Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Redgrave Search Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Redgrave Bidco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£373k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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