GLEESON RECRUITMENT LTD
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Cash
£721k
+112.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.8m
+64.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
90
-13.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.5m
+311.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-08-22.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £23,136,000 | £25,716,000 | £30,981,000 | +20.5% | |
| Operating profit | £920,000 | £380,000 | £1,508,000 | +296.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £922,000 | £367,000 | £1,511,000 | +311.7% | |
| Net profit | £686,000 | £257,000 | £1,093,000 | +325.3% | |
| Cash | £1,035,000 | £340,000 | £721,000 | +112.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,297,000 | £1,800,000 | £2,897,000 | +60.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,076,000 | £1,703,000 | £2,796,000 | +64.2% | |
| Equity | £2,076,000 | £1,703,000 | £2,796,000 | +64.2% | |
| Average employees | 104 | 104 | 90 | -13.5% | |
| Wages | £6,839,000 | £7,273,000 | £7,229,000 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £734,000 | £683,000 | £749,000 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £49,000 | £156,000 | £241,000 | +54.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £230,000 | £187,000 | £211,000 | +12.8% |
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 | 4.0% | 1.5% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 1.0% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.1% | 21.1% | 52.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.5% | 60.2% | 50.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.81x | 1.63x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | — | 29.23x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have taken actions and prepared forecasts for the next 12 months and beyond, that indicate that the group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GLEESON RECRUITMENT LTD · parent
- Gleeson Futures Limited 100%
- Gleeson International Limited 100%
- Pharma Partners Recruitment Limited 100%
- Gleeson Recruitment (Deutschland) GmbH 100%
- Pharma Partners Search Inc 0%
Significant events
- “Pharma Partners Search Inc was liquidated during the current year.”
- “On 29 November 2024, the company introduced an Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) share option plan for certain employees. ... 820,000 options remain outstanding as at 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLAKEY, Jason Peter | Director | 2012-06-25 | Feb 1971 | British |
| CAVALLARI, Gilles Joseph Antoine | Director | 2026-07-02 | May 1970 | French |
| COTTAM, Hannah | Director | 2026-07-02 | Oct 1974 | British |
| GEFFROY, Thierry Roland Pascal | Director | 2026-07-02 | Feb 1968 | French |
| GENDROT, Bruno Patrick Marcel Michel | Director | 2026-07-02 | Nov 1969 | French |
| GLEESON, Tony | Director | 2011-08-08 | Apr 1966 | British |
| GRANGER, Jason Bruce | Director | 2012-06-25 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Matthew Richardson | Director | 2020-08-28 | 2026-07-02 |
| MARSH, Spencer | Director | 2020-08-28 | 2026-07-02 |
| PENTER, Laura Louise | Director | 2021-07-15 | 2023-02-08 |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan | Director | 2020-08-28 | 2026-04-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Tony Gleeson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Jason Blakey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Jason Bruce Granger | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.