JLB Recruitment Ltd
Registered name: JLB RECRUITMENT LTD
JLB Recruitment Ltd made £774k revenue and a £80.5k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
JLB Recruitment Ltd’s revenue fell 34% to £774k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £80.5k and 8 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
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £124k | £750k | £1.2m | £774k |
| Cost of sales | £17.6k | £125k | £111k | £66.8k |
| Gross profit | £106k | £625k | £1.1m | £707k |
| Profit before tax | £2.6k | £261k | £104k | −£80.5k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6k | £242k | £104k | −£80.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6k | £242k | £104k | −£80.5k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 32.2% | 8.8% | −10.4% |
| Gross margin | 85.8% | 83.3% | 90.6% | 91.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.2k | £250k | £393k | £96.7k |
| Profit per employee | £530 | £80.6k | £34.7k | −£10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲506.6% | ▲57.2% | ▼34.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15109% | ▼57% | ▼177.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲166.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6k | £193k | £109k | £60.8k |
| Net assets | £5.3k | £22k | £351k | −£68.5k |
| Fixed assets | £57.1k | £221k | £280k | £245k |
| Current assets | £96.1k | £225k | £286k | £58.5k |
| Debtors | £33.3k | £31.6k | £11.4k | £23.2k |
| 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
- −10.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▼120%
- Now −£68.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £60.8k
- Headcount
- ▲167%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £245k
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Filkins Holdings Limited 25–50%
- Putman 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 −£80.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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