PRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT LTD
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Cash
£1.8m
-52.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£968k
-75% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+463.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,085,759 | £8,173,061 | £9,347,108 | +14.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,252,386 | £125,136 | £783,195 | +525.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,278,290 | £232,017 | £1,307,118 | +463.4% | |
| Net profit | £950,118 | £174,907 | £1,180,625 | +575% | |
| Cash | £7,725,992 | £3,843,000 | £1,829,118 | -52.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,499,953 | £4,084,354 | £1,220,543 | -70.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,313,956 | £3,869,029 | £967,657 | -75% | |
| Equity | £6,313,956 | £3,869,029 | £967,657 | -75% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 52 | 50 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £8,351,434 | £5,362,757 | £5,554,330 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £659,785 | £586,865 | £383,641 | -34.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £659,785 | £556,865 | £363,501 | -34.7% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 1.5% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 2.1% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.3% | 3.1% | 64.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.6% | 28.8% | 75.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.82x | 3.90x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | 80.79x | 32.63x |
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
- PRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT LTD 1998-02-20 → present
- P F RESOURCES LIMITED 1996-07-17 → 1998-02-20
- PLAIN FOOD LIMITED 1986-05-23 → 1996-07-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe 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”
Group structure
- PRIVATE EQUITY RECRUITMENT LTD · parent
- Private Equity Recruitment GmbH 100%
- PER LatAm, S. de R.L. de C.V. 100%
- Private Equity Recruitment Asia Pte.Ltd 100%
- Private Equity Recruitment (Switzerland) AG 100%
- Private Equity Recruitment Inc 100%
Significant events
- “During the year there has been a reclassification of shares in issue from Ordinary A, B, C, D, E and F shares of £0.01 each to Ordinary G shares of £1.00 each, and from Ordinary G shares of £1 each to Ordinary shares of £1 each.”
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%, Appoints directors | 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 136 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.