Competent Staff Ltd
Registered name: COMPETENT STAFF LTD
Competent Staff Ltd made £8.1k revenue and £1k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Competent Staff Ltd’s revenue fell 69% to £8.1k in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £1k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Crawley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- 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 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £26.5k | £8.1k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7k | £1k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7k | £1k |
| Staff costs | £23k | £5.7k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.8k | £2.7k |
| Profit per employee | £567 | £337 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼69.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £1.7k | £1k |
| Current assets | £1.7k | £1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £337
- 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
- ▼41%
- Now £1k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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