Cook Recruitment Group Ltd
Registered name: COOK RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD
Cook Recruitment Group Ltd made £76.6m revenue and a £65k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Cook Recruitment Group Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £76.6m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £65k and 147 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 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) | £48.1m | £84.1m | £98m | £76.6m |
| Cost of sales | £38.5m | £69.5m | £82m | £65.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £14.7m | £16m | £11.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £54.7k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £3.5m | £2.9m | £15.4k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.8m | £2.1m | −£65k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.8m | £2.1m | −£65k |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 147 | 167 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 3.3% | 2.1% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 17.4% | 16.4% | 14.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £454k | £572k | £587k | £521k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £19k | £12.5k | −£442 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲74.8% | ▲16.5% | ▼21.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲155.4% | ▼25.5% | ▼103.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.7% | ▲13.6% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £55.7k | £33.3k | £3.7k | £1.2k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £538k | £1.6m | £2m | £352k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £3.5k | £3.5k | £34.7k | £11.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £521k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£442
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £1.2k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▼68%
- Now £11.2k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- National Locums LtdRev. £35.2m · Profit £3.8k
- Locum People LtdRev. £24.1m · Profit £16.9k
- Medi Team Recruitment LtdRev. £17.3m · Profit −£13.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£65k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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