Line Recruitment Limited
Registered name: LINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Part of Filkins Holdings Limited groupLine Recruitment Limited made £277k revenue and a £47.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Line Recruitment Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £277k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £47.4k and 7 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Fareham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fareham, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £322k | £312k | £378k | £277k |
| Cost of sales | £57.1k | £63.9k | £73.4k | £13.4k |
| Gross profit | £265k | £248k | £304k | £263k |
| Profit before tax | £85.2k | £68.7k | £19.5k | −£47.4k |
| Profit after tax | £84.3k | £68.7k | £19.5k | −£47.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £84.3k | £68.7k | £19.5k | −£47.4k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 26.2% | 22% | 5.2% | −17.1% |
| Gross margin | 82.3% | 79.5% | 80.6% | 95.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £322k | £312k | £54k | £39.5k |
| Profit per employee | £84.3k | £68.7k | £2.8k | −£6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▲21.1% | ▼26.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.5% | ▼71.6% | ▼342.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲600% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £369k | £276k | £402k | £358k |
| Net assets | £12.2k | £937 | £551 | −£46.8k |
| Fixed assets | £131k | £96.2k | £61.7k | £26.8k |
| Current assets | £397k | £331k | £417k | £369k |
| Debtors | £18.6k | £10 | £3.8k | £11.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- 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
- ▼8603%
- Now −£46.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £358k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼57%
- Now £26.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Filkins Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Line Recruitment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Hammond Recruitment Group LimitedRev. £158k · Profit £17.4k
- H R PTS LimitedRev. £77.5k · Profit −£1.7k
- Pure Selection LimitedRev. £22.5k · Profit £19k
- Chartwell Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
- H Recruitment Partnership LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hammond Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Proserv Recruitment LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- HBN Lettings Ltd 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£47.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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