HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£45M
+13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£85M
+0.3% vs 2024
Employees
1,980
-14.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
+38.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED 2004-09-01 → present
- HAYS PERSONNEL SERVICES LTD 1996-07-01 → 2004-09-01
- THE CAREER CARE GROUP LIMITED 1988-04-22 → 1996-07-01
- ACCOUNTANCY PERSONNEL LIMITED 1987-08-13 → 1988-04-22
- CAREER CARE GROUP LIMITED(THE) 1977-12-31 → 1987-08-13
- ACCOUNTANCY PERSONNEL (ASSIGNMENTS) LIMITED 1970-03-25 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-28 | 2025-06-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,424,451,000 | £1,393,288,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£8,322,000 | -£2,836,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,944,000 | -£2,440,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,282,000 | -£1,123,000 | |
| Cash | £39,611,000 | £45,026,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £84,818,000 | £85,094,000 | |
| Net assets | £84,818,000 | £85,094,000 | |
| Equity | £84,818,000 | £85,094,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,321 | 1,980 | |
| Wages | £128,585,000 | £112,130,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-28 | 2025-06-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.8% | -3.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | -5.89x | -2.54x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have formed the judgment, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There was compensation paid by the Company in respect of loss of office to directors of the Company which amounted to £132k for the period ended 27 June 2025 (2024: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-18 | — | — |
| FORD, Rachel | Director | 2024-08-28 | Oct 1982 | Australian |
| HILTON, James | Director | 2022-09-30 | May 1978 | British |
| MUSGRAVE, James Yann | Director | 2022-08-24 | Jan 1984 | Irish |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORT, Stefan Edward | Secretary | 2005-02-11 | 2008-12-17 |
| BRIDGWATER, Howard Guy | Secretary | 2001-10-25 | 2002-02-01 |
| MILLER, Peter Anderson | Secretary | — | 2001-04-12 |
| MILLINSON, Nigel John | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2005-02-11 |
| STOKES, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-04-12 | 2001-10-25 |
| BRIDGWATER, Howard Guy | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-11-16 |
| BRUNNING, Mark Clive | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2005-06-20 |
| COX, Alistair Richard | Director | 2007-11-15 | 2023-08-31 |
| COX, Nicholas Raymond | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-09-07 |
| DAVIS, Clive Clayton | Director | — | 1992-10-30 |
| EVANS, Douglas George | Director | 2013-02-05 | 2024-08-28 |
| HARRINGTON, John | Director | 2016-01-28 | 2022-08-24 |
| HEAP, Nigel Shaun Christopher | Director | 2013-03-11 | 2018-07-10 |
| HETHERINGTON, Ross Douglas | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2007-02-01 |
| HETHERINGTON, Ross Douglas | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| HOEFKENS, Lawrence St John | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| JACKSON, Richard | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2010-12-17 |
| MARTIN, John Walley | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2006-03-16 |
| MARTIN, John Walley | Director | 2002-03-14 | 2002-08-01 |
| MAYES, Colin Anthony Horsley | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| MAYNARD, Timothy Sven | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1998-11-13 |
| MCMASTER, Leigh Robert | Director | — | 1998-05-07 |
| MCRAE, Andrew James | Director | 2006-09-07 | 2008-04-11 |
| POUT, David John | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2002-03-14 |
| SMITH, Robert Berrigan | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2006-11-16 |
| SMITH, Robert Berrigan | Director | — | 1998-04-01 |
| STAMPER, Christopher Ian | Director | 2010-12-17 | 2016-01-28 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher John | Director | — | 1992-10-22 |
| VENABLES, Paul | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2022-09-30 |
| WAXMAN, Denis Ralph | Director | — | 2007-11-15 |
| WINFIELD, Simon | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2024-10-21 |
| YAPP, Alison | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2012-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays Specialist Recruitment (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-27 vs 2024-06-28
-
Turnover
-2.2%
£1,424,451,000 £1,393,288,000
-
Cash
+13.7%
£39,611,000 £45,026,000
-
Net assets
+0.3%
£84,818,000 £85,094,000
-
Employees
-14.7%
2,321 1,980
-
Operating profit
+65.9%
-£8,322,000 -£2,836,000
-
Profit before tax
+38.1%
-£3,944,000 -£2,440,000
-
Wages
-12.8%
£128,585,000 £112,130,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers