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Cash

£7M

-9.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£6.3M

+0.4% vs 2023

Employees

81

-1.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£361K

-71.8% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £13,085,759£11,976,460 -8.5%
Operating profit £1,252,386£176,672 -85.9%
Profit before tax £1,278,290£360,775 -71.8%
Net profit £1,328,650£2,470,552£950,118£239,056 -74.8%
Cash £2,214,537£2,406,935£2,802,874£4,629,454£7,725,992£6,981,219 -9.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £3,071,051£3,058,055£3,042,232£3,813,346£6,499,953£6,553,755 +0.8%
Net assets £2,992,454£2,961,023£2,928,173£3,662,725£6,313,956£6,338,430 +0.4%
Equity £2,992,454£2,961,023£2,928,173£3,662,725£6,313,956£6,338,430 +0.4%
Average employees 434444538281 -1.2%
Wages £20,400£8,351,434£8,187,473 -2%
Directors' remuneration £659,785£723,230 +9.6%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 9.6%1.5%
Net margin 7.3%2.0%
Return on capital employed 19.3%2.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 36.6%25.8%
Current ratio 2.82x4.17x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. PRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT LTD 1998-02-20 → present
  2. P F RESOURCES LIMITED 1996-07-17 → 1998-02-20
  3. PLAIN FOOD LIMITED 1986-05-23 → 1996-07-17

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. PRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT LTD · parent
    1. Private Equity Recruitment GmbH 100% · Germany · recruitment consultancy
    2. PER LatAm, S. de R.L. de C.V. 100% · Mexico · recruitment consultancy
    3. Private Equity Recruitment Asia Pte.Ltd 100% · Singapore · recruitment consultancy
    4. Private Equity Recruitment (Switzerland) AG 100% · Switzerland · recruitment consultancy
    5. Private Equity Recruitment Inc 100% · USA · recruitment consultancy

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MCMANUS, Gail Secretary 1996-05-25 British
BELL, Rupert Thomas Ingress Director 2024-09-13 Nov 1968 British
MCMANUS, Gail Director 1996-05-25 Oct 1957 British
WOLFF-JONES, Richard Director 2025-12-17 Aug 1988 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CROSTON, Alan Secretary 1996-05-25
CROSTON, Dorothy Margaret Director 1996-05-25
MCMANUS, Christopher Charles Director 2024-01-02
MCMANUS, Dale Patrick Director 1996-05-25

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Per Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2025-06-27 Active
Mr Rupert Thomas Ingress Bell Individual Significant influence 2024-09-13 Ceased 2026-04-01
Mrs Gail Mcmanus Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2024-01-02 Ceased 2025-06-27
Mr Christopher Charles Mcmanus Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-01-02
Mrs Gail Mcmanus Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-09-28

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 132 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-07-07 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-07-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-28 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-07-07 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-07-07 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-07-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-07-02 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-02 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-30 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-05-30 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-05-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-05-22 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-05-22 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-09-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-02-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-02-19 PSC01 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-02-19 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-02-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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