SF RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£107k
+2,682.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.9m
+4% vs 2024
Employees
181
-19.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£477k
-31.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,806,101 | £22,921,228 | £21,504,347 | -6.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,434,242 | £717,515 | £544,511 | -24.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,404,403 | £692,958 | £476,626 | -31.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,118,620 | £579,162 | £474,218 | -18.1% | |
| Cash | £29,490 | £3,862 | £107,452 | +2,682.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,109,397 | £1,930,715 | £2,887,358 | +49.5% | |
| Net assets | £2,035,351 | £1,864,513 | £1,938,731 | +4% | |
| Equity | £2,035,351 | £1,864,513 | £1,938,731 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 96 | 224 | 181 | -19.2% | |
| Wages | £6,438,701 | £9,772,435 | £8,416,662 | -13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £257,723 | £238,242 | £236,790 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £22,200 | £24,467 | £22,800 | -6.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £257,723 | £238,242 | £236,790 | -0.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 3.1% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 68.0% | 37.2% | 18.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.4% | 64.2% | 70.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.89x | 0.86x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 42.69x | 21.53x | 7.85x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SF RECRUITMENT LIMITED 2012-09-06 → present
- CASTLEGATE 692 LIMITED 2012-07-31 → 2012-09-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the information available and a thorough review of the Company's operational and financial profile, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOLAN, Graham John Anthony | Secretary | 2013-07-15 | — | — |
| DEMMER, Saira | Director | 2015-12-01 | Oct 1983 | British |
| JALAN, Deepak | Director | 2012-11-02 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARWICK-LACEY, Rebecca | Secretary | 2012-09-04 | 2013-07-15 |
| CUMMINS, Gavin George | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2012-09-03 |
| FLETCHER, Adam Justin Dennis | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2017-02-03 |
| MINNIS, Anthony Ian | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2016-11-29 |
| RAMUS, Tristan Nicholas | Director | 2012-11-02 | 2015-04-30 |
| STUART-SMITH, Daniel | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2015-09-30 |
| TRKULJA-AMJARV, Riina | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2014-10-21 |
| WEBBER, James William John, Mr. | Director | 2020-12-31 | 2021-03-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Luke Alexander | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| CASTLEGATE DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-07-31 | 2012-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S F Talent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-02-13 | Active |
| Ignata Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-09-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-09-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-09-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.