Challenge Recruitment Group Limited
Registered name: CHALLENGE RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED
Part of Challenge Group Holdings Limited groupChallenge Recruitment Group Limited made £0 revenue and £590k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Challenge Recruitment Group Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £590k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£30.1k | −£311 |
| Profit before tax | £715k | £590k |
| Profit after tax | £715k | £590k |
| Profit (best available) | £715k | £590k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £56.5k | £0 |
| Net assets | £117k | £57k |
| Current assets | £152k | £0 |
| Debtors | £95.9k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £38.2k | £6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼51%
- Now £57k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼84%
- Now £6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Challenge Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Challenge Group (Eot) Limited75–100%
- Challenge Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Challenge Recruitment Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Challenge Logistics LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £19.9m · Profit £1.4m
- Acrown LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £0 · Profit −£365
- C-TRG Resource LimitedIn AdministrationFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Challenge Group (Eot) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £590k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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