Aberdeen Appointments Agency Limited
Registered name: ABERDEEN APPOINTMENTS AGENCY LIMITED
Part of Sword Group Se groupAberdeen Appointments Agency Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £127k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aberdeen Appointments Agency Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £127k and 93 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Aberdeen,; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen,, Scotland
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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. From the filing: “AAA Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £17.7m | £13.3m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £20.3m | £16.6m | £12.4m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £965k | £776k |
| Operating profit | £117k | −£41.2k | −£2.4k | −£171k |
| Profit before tax | £185k | £192k | £99k | −£146k |
| Profit after tax | £244k | £142k | £70.3k | −£127k |
| Profit (best available) | £244k | £142k | £70.3k | −£127k |
| Staff costs | £20.7m | £17.1m | £12.9m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 256 | 196 | 138 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.5% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.2% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.5k | £90.4k | £96.7k | £92.9k |
| Profit per employee | £953 | £726 | £510 | −£1.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.1% | ▼24.7% | ▼35.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.7% | ▼50.6% | ▼279.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.4% | ▼29.6% | ▼32.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1k | £1.6k | £2k | £34.8k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.8m | £359k | £233k |
| Fixed assets | £21.8k | £20.6k | £227k | £169k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £7.4m | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.2m | £685k | £537k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.9k
- 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
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £233k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1599%
- Now £34.8k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £169k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sword Group Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sword Soft Limited75–100%
- Sword Charteris Limited75–100%
- Aaa Group Limited75–100%
- Aberdeen Appointments Agency Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£127k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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