Tradeline Recruitment Ltd
Registered name: TRADELINE RECRUITMENT LTD
Tradeline Recruitment Ltd made £32.8m revenue and £670k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tradeline Recruitment Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £32.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £670k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Bedford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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.
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&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.3m | £31.2m | £29.5m | £32.8m |
| Cost of sales | £26.8m | £27.3m | £25.6m | £28.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £904k | £1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £676k | £676k | £999k | £880k |
| Profit after tax | £496k | £512k | £744k | £670k |
| Profit (best available) | £496k | £512k | £744k | £670k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 36 | 37 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 12.3% | 13.2% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £891k | £865k | £796k | £607k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £14.2k | £20.1k | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | −35% | −187.6% | −80.1% | −130.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼5.5% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲45.3% | ▼10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲2.8% | ▲46% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £30.9k | £32.8k | £69.8k | £35.9k |
| Net assets | £888k | £646k | £482k | £322k |
| Fixed assets | £14.6k | £10.8k | £20.2k | £106k |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £5.6m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £5.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£317k | −£1.9m | −£1.1m | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £607k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −130.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £322k
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £35.9k
- Headcount
- ▲46%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲423%
- Now £106k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £670k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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