James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Registered name: JAMES ANDREWS RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd made £24.8m revenue and £890k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £24.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £890k profit and 152 employees. The company is classified under “human resources provision and management of human resources functions” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 company is associated with”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £19.6m | £22.3m | £24.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £13.6m | £16.1m | £19m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £6m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £890k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £890k |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 182 | 188 | 152 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | 8% | 5% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 30.5% | 27.8% | 23.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.6k | £108k | £119k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £8.6k | £5.9k | £5.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲14% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼29% | ▼20.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲3.3% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £931k | £112k | £304k |
| Net assets | £9m | £9.7m | £10.5m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £8.1m | £5m | £5m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £7.8m | £8.6m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲171%
- Now £304k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £4.7m
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £890k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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