HEADFIRST GLOBAL PLC
HeadFirst Global PLC is a debt-listed holding company operating in the temporary employment and managed services sector, notably serving as the parent entity for the Impellam Group.
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Cash
£129m
-12.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£186m
-211.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
10,045
+27% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£126m
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
disclose the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £1,184,400,000 | £2,600,700,000 | £2,923,500,000 | +12.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£14,000,000 | -£44,400,000 | -£41,300,000 | +7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£35,300,000 | -£124,100,000 | -£125,800,000 | -1.4% | |
| Net profit | -£26,500,000 | -£114,100,000 | -£115,600,000 | -1.3% | |
| Cash | £45,200,000 | £147,700,000 | £129,100,000 | -12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £682,400,000 | £660,300,000 | -3.2% | |
| Net assets | £114,800,000 | -£59,900,000 | -£186,400,000 | -211.2% | |
| Equity | £114,800,000 | -£59,900,000 | -£186,400,000 | -211.2% | |
| Average employees | 186 | 7,911 | 10,045 | +27% | |
| Wages | — | £345,300,000 | £481,400,000 | +39.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,824,000 | £2,470,000 | +35.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £77,000 | £80,000 | +3.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £466,000 | £775,000 | +66.3% |
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 | -1.2% | -1.7% | -1.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -4.4% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -6.5% | -6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.5% | 103.7% | 112.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 0.80x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | -0.60x | -0.53x | -0.48x |
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
- HEADFIRST GLOBAL PLC 2024-03-22 → present
- HEATHER GLOBAL PLC 2023-11-16 → 2024-03-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“disclose the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- HEADFIRST GLOBAL PLC · parent
- Flexy Corporation Limited 100%
- Lorien Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONRAD, Patricia Joscelin | Secretary | 2026-04-27 | — | — |
| ASHCROFT, Michael Anthony, Lord | Director | 2025-06-03 | Mar 1946 | Belizean,British |
| BEKKERING, Koen | Director | 2024-03-18 | Aug 1984 | Dutch |
| GOOSSENS, Hans Govert | Director | 2025-04-30 | Aug 1985 | Dutch |
| HAGENOUW, Bastiaan Frederik Rudolf | Director | 2023-11-16 | Apr 1978 | Dutch |
| HOYER, Roel | Director | 2025-04-30 | Sep 1987 | Dutch |
| OVERBEEK, Edzard, Mr. | Director | 2025-02-05 | Mar 1967 | Dutch |
| RACCA, Matteo Antonio | Director | 2023-11-16 | May 1984 | Dutch |
| RECHMANN, Anna Maria Helena | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jan 1995 | Dutch |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2025-06-03 | Nov 1958 | British |
| SLEEMAN, Boyd Robbert | Director | 2024-03-18 | Apr 1987 | Dutch |
| SIGIS B.V. | Corporate Director | 2026-03-29 | — | — |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIANT, Timothy | Secretary | 2025-03-12 | 2026-04-27 |
| VANT VEER, Job | Secretary | 2023-11-16 | 2025-03-04 |
| ASHCROFT, Michael Anthony, Lord | Director | 2024-03-21 | 2025-06-03 |
| BOS, Richard Allaart Rolf | Director | 2025-01-29 | 2026-03-29 |
| BRIANT, Timothy | Director | 2024-03-21 | 2026-04-27 |
| KOLFF, Johan Anton | Director | 2024-03-18 | 2025-01-29 |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2025-02-08 | 2025-06-03 |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2024-03-21 | 2025-02-05 |
| VAN HAPPEN-SCHUNSELAAR, Marion | Director | 2024-03-18 | 2025-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-01 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-08 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-08 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-08 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-01-21 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2026-01-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.