Partners in Recruitment Group Limited
Registered name: PARTNERS IN RECRUITMENT GROUP LIMITED
Part of Whitfield Challenger Ltd groupPartners in Recruitment Group Limited made £33.9m revenue and £509k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Partners in Recruitment Group Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £33.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £509k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.3m | £42.1m | £37.7m | £33.9m |
| Cost of sales | £43.2m | £34.7m | £31.3m | £28.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £7.4m | £6.4m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £651k | £438k | £280k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £649k | £433k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £924k | £613k | £496k | £509k |
| Profit (best available) | £924k | £613k | £496k | £509k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.1m | £3.7m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 93 | 74 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 17.6% | 17% | 16.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £513k | £452k | £509k | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £6.6k | £6.7k | £19.6k |
| Cash conversion | 87.4% | 143.1% | 213.7% | 119.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18% | ▼10.3% | ▼10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.6% | ▼19.2% | ▲2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7% | ▼20.4% | ▼64.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £851 | £255 | £6.6k | £2.9k |
| Net assets | £94.3k | £95.8k | £92.7k | £89k |
| Fixed assets | £425k | £319k | £216k | £97.4k |
| Current assets | £1.3k | £6.5k | £7.6k | £3.8k |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £5.6m | £5.3m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £2.1k | £4.3k | £4.3k | £4.3k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | £931k | £937k | £335k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 119.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £89k
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £2.9k
- Headcount
- ▼65%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £4.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼55%
- Now £97.4k
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
- Whitfield Challenger Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Partners in Recruitment Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- R E People LimitedRev. £18m · Profit £329k
- Safehands Recruitment LtdRev. £14.4m · Profit £144k
- R E Personnel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Safehands Recruitment Franchise LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- R E Resource Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £509k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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