SMART SOLUTIONS (RECRUITMENT) LIMITED
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Cash
£82k
-83.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.9m
+106.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
104
-41.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+132.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £100,931,314 | £109,490,333 | £97,268,105 | -11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £724,575 | £1,158,262 | £2,623,673 | +126.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £801,219 | £1,130,340 | £2,623,673 | +132.1% | |
| Net profit | £568,003 | £872,788 | £2,015,458 | +130.9% | |
| Cash | £184,067 | £485,960 | £81,836 | -83.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,061,824 | £1,891,723 | £3,907,181 | +106.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,018,935 | £1,891,723 | £3,907,181 | +106.5% | |
| Equity | £1,018,935 | £1,891,723 | £3,907,181 | +106.5% | |
| Average employees | 183 | 178 | 104 | -41.6% | |
| Wages | £7,046,227 | £7,415,929 | £4,150,420 | -44% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £97,989 | £460,800 | £63,467 | -86.2% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.1% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 0.8% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.2% | 61.2% | 67.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 92.4% | 83.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.06x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 33.54x | 41.48x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- SMART SOLUTIONS (RECRUITMENT) LIMITED · parent
- RDUK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company is party to a group invoice financing facility with a total limit of £18,000,000. Security for the facility has been provided jointly by all group companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB, Robert James | Director | 2023-11-01 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLES, Nathan Iestyn | Secretary | 2007-11-07 | 2023-10-31 |
| LEWIS, Richard Trevannion | Secretary | 2007-11-07 | 2011-03-04 |
| BOWLES, Nathan Iestyn | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2023-10-31 |
| CALLAGHAN, David Peter John | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2014-08-15 |
| HEATH, Shane Brian | Director | 2008-11-24 | 2011-03-09 |
| HOPE-BELL, Joel Francis | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2018-05-21 |
| JONES, Jonathan Patrick | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2015-12-05 |
| LEWIS, Richard Trevannion | Director | 2007-11-07 | 2011-03-04 |
| PRICE, Jack Campbell | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2015-12-05 |
| RAGAN, Paul Robert | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2015-12-05 |
| RAGAN, Paul Robert | Director | 2009-08-28 | 2012-05-10 |
| RAYBOULD, Christopher | Director | 2014-02-18 | 2015-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert James Webb | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2023-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Nathan Iestyn Bowles | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-07-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.