Autotech Recruit Limited
Registered name: AUTOTECH RECRUIT LIMITED
Part of Autotech Group Limited groupAutotech Recruit Limited made £14m revenue and a £206k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Autotech Recruit Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £14m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £206k and 56 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
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 | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.9m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £11.2m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £341k | −£446k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £354k | −£444k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.9m | £280k | −£206k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.9m | £280k | −£206k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 40 | 72 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.8% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 29.8% | 27.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £221k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | — | £47.2k | £3.9k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼85.2% | ▼173.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲80% | ▼22.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £2.4m | £666k | £219k |
| Net assets | £910k | £923k | £1m | £535k |
| Fixed assets | £88.9k | £91k | £70.1k | £67.7k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £485k | £579k | £662k | £626k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £92.4k | £55.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▼48%
- Now £535k
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £219k
- Headcount
- ▼22%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £55.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £67.7k
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
- Autotech Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Autotech Recruit Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Autotech Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autotech Connect LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autotech Mobile LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Autotech Training LimitedRev. — · Profit £56.3k
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 −£206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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