Annapurna HR Ltd
Registered name: ANNAPURNA HR LTD
Part of Annapurna Recruitment Group Ltd groupAnnapurna HR Ltd made £8.3m revenue and a £103k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2024. read from filing text
Annapurna HR Ltd’s revenue fell 21% to £8.3m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with a loss of £103k and 33 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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.
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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.6m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £6.9m | £7.9m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £119k | £19.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£30.8k | −£122k |
| Profit after tax | £938k | £468k | −£38.1k | −£103k |
| Profit (best available) | £938k | £468k | −£38.1k | −£103k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £5.4m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 92 | 62 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.4% | −1.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 37.4% | 35.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £171k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £5.1k | −£614 | −£3.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −616.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.2% | ▼108.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲58.6% | ▼32.6% | ▼46.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £873k | £651k | £482k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.1m | £585k | £232k |
| Fixed assets | £35.6k | £38.5k | £37k | £32k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £3.1m | £2m | £2m |
| Debtors | £979k | £1.2m | £271k | £366k |
| Deferred income | £12.3k | £34.6k | £0 | £551k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£95.5k | −£736k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▼60%
- Now £232k
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £482k
- Headcount
- ▼47%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £551k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £32k
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
- Annapurna Recruitment Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Annapurna HR Ltdthis 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 30 Nov 2024 (profit −£103k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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