QUEST EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£992k
+1,540.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.2m
-13.3% vs 2024
Employees
90
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.3m
-10.2% vs 2024
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Our short-form breakdown of QUEST EMPLOYMENT LIMITED's latest filing
Quest Employment grew turnover to £67m and paid out £1.4m in dividends, even as operating profit slipped. The directors credit AI for letting them do more with a smaller core team. 📉🤖
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,815,353 | £66,919,982 | +10% | |
| Operating profit | £1,622,920 | £1,414,503 | -12.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,419,284 | £1,275,197 | -10.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,007,040 | £908,806 | -9.8% | |
| Cash | £60,447 | £991,667 | +1,540.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,860,519 | £3,344,906 | -13.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,732,573 | £3,237,059 | -13.3% | |
| Equity | £3,732,573 | £3,237,059 | -13.3% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 90 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £24,977,300 | £42,292,321 | +69.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £598,148 | £504,694 | -15.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £65,250 | £60,000 | -8% | |
| Highest paid director | £163,275 | £165,555 | +1.4% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.0% | 42.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.2% | 76.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 7.97x | 9.67x |
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
- Auditor
- Humphrey & Co Audit Services Ltd
- 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
- “We have appointed two new directors to the Board and they started their new roles in January 2026.”
- “Our Compliance Team has been expanded in response to the demands of major clients.”
- “We have expanded our Regional Management Team.”
- “Staff training has been focused on up skilling our management team.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL, Mark | Secretary | 2005-07-14 | — | British |
| BANKS, Lynn | Director | 2013-07-25 | Mar 1974 | British |
| BLUCK, James | Director | 2013-07-25 | Sep 1972 | British |
| COLE, Jason Edward | Director | 2013-07-25 | Jul 1975 | British |
| MILLINDER, Katie | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1990 | British |
| NEAL, Shelly | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1980 | British |
| PARKER, David | Director | 2005-07-14 | Jan 1957 | British |
| RUSSELL, Mark | Director | 2005-07-14 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Secretary | 2005-07-14 | 2005-07-14 |
| BREWER, Kevin Michael | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2005-07-14 |
| SHINGLER, Tony Sydney | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2024-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Tony Sydney Shingler | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-02 |
| Mrs Lynn Banks | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr James Bluck | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jason Edward Cole | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr David Parker | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mark Russell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-08-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-08-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-08-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-08-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-01 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-03-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.