Ersg Ltd
Registered name: ERSG LTD
Part of Ersg Holdings Ltd groupErsg Ltd made £88.5m revenue and £941k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ersg Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £88.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £941k profit and 130 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Bromley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bromley, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 directors consider the ultimate parent undertaking to be ERSG Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72m | £99.7m | £111m | £85.5m | £88.5m |
| Cost of sales | £64.4m | £88.5m | £98.2m | £74.3m | £76.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £11.3m | £13.1m | £11.3m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | −£962k | −£178k | −£450k | −£470k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£1.1m | −£2.2m | −£1.6m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£1.1m | −£2m | −£488k | £941k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£1.1m | −£2m | −£488k | £941k |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £9.6m | £9.3m | £9.4m | £11m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 136 | 133 | 135 | 130 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | −1.1% | −1.8% | −0.6% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.5% | 11.3% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 13.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £889k | £733k | £836k | £634k | £681k |
| Profit per employee | −£22.1k | −£8.4k | −£14.9k | −£3.6k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.6% | ▲11.6% | ▼23.1% | ▲3.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲67.9% | ▼2.2% | ▲1.5% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £679k | £105k | £122k | £261k | £465k |
| Net assets | £846k | −£299k | −£4.4m | −£4.7m | −£3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £758k | £789k | £606k | £443k | £280k |
| Current assets | £30.5m | £39.1m | £59.6m | £73m | £66.6m |
| Debtors | £15.6m | £23.5m | £15.3m | £13.8m | £12.6m |
| Deferred income | £5.6m | £6.8m | £7.6m | £6.9m | £6.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £681k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲78%
- Now £465k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 130
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £6.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼37%
- Now £280k
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
- Ersg Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ersg Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ersg UK Technical Services LtdFigures 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 £941k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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