FIRST PEOPLE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£9.6K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1.9M
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
737
Average over period
Profit before tax
£583K
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,638,500 | £18,782,129 | £20,595,618 | £16,299,558 | — | |
| Operating profit | £354,458 | £816,452 | £788,361 | £599,213 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £335,891 | £801,954 | £781,184 | £582,968 | — | |
| Net profit | £270,514 | £634,807 | £583,112 | £420,405 | — | |
| Cash | £299,815 | £4,054 | £752,192 | £9,642 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £993,309 | £1,302,676 | £1,574,380 | £1,939,263 | — | |
| Net assets | £981,940 | £1,283,415 | £1,549,842 | £1,890,247 | — | |
| Equity | £981,940 | £1,283,415 | £1,549,842 | £1,890,247 | — | |
| Average employees | 701 | 764 | 714 | 737 | — | |
| Wages | £1,146,917 | £1,325,554 | £1,357,935 | £1,197,214 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £166,930 | £211,666 | £204,485 | £129,451 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 10 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 3.4% | 2.8% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 35.7% | 62.7% | 50.1% | 30.9% | |
| Interest cover | 18.98x | 48.24x | 44.10x | 23.69x |
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
- FIRST PEOPLE RECRUITMENT LIMITED 2000-08-24 → present
- OFFICE PEOPLE LIMITED 1995-06-16 → 2000-08-24
- MARDA APPOINTMENTS LIMITED 1991-05-30 → 1995-06-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “On 25 September 2025, the company entered into a separate security agreement, in relation to the lending facilities, creating fixed and floating charges over its assets: a debenture agreement with HSBC UK Bank PLC, acting as security agent, registered with Companies House on 26 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Agnes Mary | Director | 2025-03-03 | Nov 1954 | British |
| BARTON, Robert John | Director | 2025-03-03 | Sep 1987 | British |
| BARTON, Terence | Director | 2025-03-03 | Mar 1955 | British |
| WHITTLE, Nigel John | Director | 2025-03-03 | Nov 1951 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Denise | Secretary | 1991-05-30 | 2015-01-07 |
| SEYMOUR MACINTYRE LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1991-05-30 | 1991-05-30 |
| BRIDLE, Sandra | Director | — | 2006-05-31 |
| COOKE, Denise | Director | 1991-05-30 | 2015-01-07 |
| COOKE, Edwin George | Director | 1998-12-30 | 2015-01-07 |
| FARRAR, John David | Director | 1991-05-31 | 2006-05-31 |
| FOSTER, Mark | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2025-03-03 |
| RODGER, Stephen | Director | 1992-05-31 | 2015-01-07 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Graham | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2025-03-03 |
| TURNER, Patricia Lucy | Director | 1991-05-30 | 1992-05-31 |
| WALKER, Adele Louise | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2025-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fpr Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Active |
| Mr Mark Foster | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Paul Graham Simpson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.