Rutledge Recruitment Limited
Registered name: RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Part of Rutledge Training & Recruitment Ltd groupRutledge Recruitment Limited made £9.4m revenue and £568k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Rutledge Recruitment Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £568k profit and 399 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Coleraine; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coleraine, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “The company's parent undertaking is Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office of Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited is 25-27 New R”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.4m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.2m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£432k | −£221k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£424k | £580k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£414k | £568k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£414k | £568k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5.9m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 15 | 308 | 399 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −6.5% | 6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 18.8% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £20.8k | £23.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£1.3k | £1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲46.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲36.4% | ▲1953% | ▲29.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £571k | £107k | £154k | £558k |
| Net assets | −£707k | £624k | £210k | £778k |
| Fixed assets | £20.4k | £38.9k | £84.1k | £50k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £537k | £550k | £779k | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £13.1k | £15.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲270%
- Now £778k
- Cash at bank
- ▲261%
- Now £558k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 399
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £15.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼41%
- Now £50k
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
- Rutledge Training & Recruitment Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Rutledge Recruitment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Rutledge Training LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Enzo Portrush LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rutledge Recruitment & Training LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £568k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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