Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd.
Registered name: VENESKY-BROWN RECRUITMENT LTD.
Part of Venesky Brown Ltd groupVenesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd. made £108m revenue and £808k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd.’s revenue grew 13% to £108m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £808k profit and 1,138 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent company is Venesky Brown Ltd, formerly known as CB Holdings Ltd. This group is the smallest and largest group that the company is a member of. Venesky Brown”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.9m | £68.6m | £95.4m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | £38.5m | £63.8m | £88.6m | £99.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.8m | £6.8m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £818k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £521k | £773k | £734k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £407k | £563k | £481k | £808k |
| Profit (best available) | £407k | £563k | £481k | £808k |
| Staff costs | £15.4m | £20.8m | £43.8m | £61.6m |
| Employees (average) | 298 | 383 | 834 | 1,138 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 7% | 7.1% | 7.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £141k | £179k | £114k | £94.9k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £1.5k | £576 | £710 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▲39.1% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.3% | ▼14.6% | ▲68.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.5% | ▲117.8% | ▲36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £625k | £78.1k | £2.2m | £659k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £334k | £255k | £270k | £209k |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £15m | £19.9m | £20m |
| Debtors | £6.4m | £5.8m | £8.8m | £9.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £710
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £659k
- Headcount
- ▲36%
- Now 1,138
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £3.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £209k
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
- Venesky Brown Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Venesky-Brown Recruitment Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Venesky-Brown Consult LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £808k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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