Kpi Recruiting Limited
Registered name: KPI RECRUITING LIMITED
Kpi Recruiting Limited made £45.9m revenue and £144k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kpi Recruiting Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £45.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £144k profit and 1,631 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Crewe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crewe, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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) | £32.7m | £31.2m | £40.8m | £45.9m |
| Cost of sales | £27.9m | £26.2m | £34.5m | £39.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £643k | £197k | £174k | £212k |
| Profit before tax | £643k | £198k | £161k | £200k |
| Profit after tax | £491k | £148k | £107k | £144k |
| Profit (best available) | £491k | £148k | £107k | £144k |
| Staff costs | £30.6m | £29.4m | £38.3m | £43.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,570 | 1,478 | 1,754 | 1,631 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 16.1% | 15.3% | 14.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £20.8k | £21.1k | £23.2k | £28.2k |
| Profit per employee | £313 | £100 | £61 | £88 |
| Cash conversion | −136.3% | −489.2% | −380.4% | −319.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲30.5% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.9% | ▼27.6% | ▲34.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲18.7% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £77.5k | £144k | £29.4k | £48.4k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £74.4k | £433k | £409k | £386k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £9.4m | £11.6m | £10.9m |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £7.4m | £9.8m | £9.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£877k | −£962k | −£662k | −£676k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £88
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −319.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.8%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £48.4k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 1,631
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £386k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- First Choice Select 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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