Total Staff Services UK Limited
Registered name: TOTAL STAFF SERVICES UK LIMITED
Part of Opera Holdings Limited groupTotal Staff Services UK Limited made £1.8m revenue and £31.5k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Total Staff Services UK Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £1.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £31.5k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Brighton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- 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: “Opera Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, is the ultimate parent company and whose registered office is at 15 Wheatstone Court, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucest”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £460k | £325k | £373k |
| Operating profit | £113k | £5.9k | £54.5k |
| Profit before tax | £109k | −£1.6k | £42.3k |
| Profit after tax | £88.1k | −£1.6k | £31.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £88.1k | −£1.6k | £31.5k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £1.7m | £153k |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 98 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | −0.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 17.4% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £19.6k | £19k | £456k |
| Profit per employee | £663 | −£16 | £7.9k |
| Cash conversion | −109.3% | −696.4% | −94.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼101.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.3% | ▼95.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £489 | £2.5k | £63 |
| Net assets | £20.6k | £19k | £18.5k |
| Fixed assets | £2.4k | £2.4k | £1.2k |
| Current assets | £632k | £477k | £335k |
| Debtors | £625k | £465k | £326k |
| Cash from operations | −£124k | −£41.2k | −£51.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £456k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −94.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £18.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £63
- Headcount
- ▼96%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £1.2k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Opera Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Total Staff Services UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Richmond Nursing Agency LimitedLiquidationRev. £9.1m · Profit £977k
- Prohealthcare LimitedLiquidationRev. £2.6m · Profit £273k
- Freight Personnel LimitedLiquidationRev. £362k · Profit £10.1k
- Richmond Support Services LimitedLiquidationRev. £18.8k · Profit £774
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £31.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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