BERKELEY SCOTT LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-01 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+63% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£3M

+4.5% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-95.3% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£223K

-81% first positive since 2020

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

BERKELEY SCOTT LIMITED 1998-01-26 → present
CAREERTEXT LIMITED 1997-11-27 → 1998-01-26

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Industrials median

BERKELEY SCOTT LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£5,682,014	—	£12,426,811	—	£22,048,214	—	£20,311,486	£18,033,001
Operating profit	—	-£1,025,199	—	£830,496	—	£976,560	—	£1,197,998	£267,419
Profit before tax	—	-£1,038,382	—	£810,255	—	£962,462	—	£1,172,452	£223,244
Net profit	—	-£1,038,382	—	£819,504	—	£625,951	—	£877,552	£142,156
Cash	—	£856,598	—	£1,054,922	—	£1,265,775	—	£1,010,117	£1,646,378
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£1,813,058	—	£2,715,895	—	£3,258,513	—	£3,136,065	£4,084,228
Net assets	—	£1,813,058	—	£2,632,562	—	£3,258,513	—	£3,136,065	£3,278,221
Equity	£2,851,440	£1,813,058	£1,813,058	£2,632,562	£2,632,562	£3,258,513	£3,258,513	£3,136,065	£3,278,221
Average employees	—	391	—	548	—	843	—	815	38
Wages	—	£5,869,386	—	£8,282,746	—	£15,493,653	—	£14,718,656	£1,499,935

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	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	-18.0%	—	6.7%	—	4.4%	—	5.9%	1.5%
Net margin	—	-18.3%	—	6.6%	—	2.8%	—	4.3%	0.8%
Return on capital employed	—	-56.5%	—	30.6%	—	30.0%	—	38.2%	6.5%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.57x	2.03x
Interest cover	—	-77.77x	—	41.03x	—	37.59x	—	46.90x	4.25x

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Langtons Professional Services Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”

Group structure

BERKELEY SCOTT LIMITED · parent
1. Xpress Recruitment Limited 100%

Significant events

“The Government's October 2024 budget statement has made operations challenging for us in 2025. The stark increase in employers national insurance has seen a significant reduction in the use of temporary staff in all sectors, and has led to increased price pressures for our suppliers.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
KUMAR, Martin Daniel	Secretary	2017-07-25	—	—
KUMAR, Martin Daniel	Director	2022-05-01	Apr 1979	Irish
WARD, Richard Robert	Director	2022-11-25	Feb 1967	British

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LANGLEY, Michael Gordon	Secretary	1997-12-10	1999-07-02
HL SECRETARIES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1999-12-30	2000-11-27
IMCO SECRETARY LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2004-10-19	2017-07-24
PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2000-11-27	2004-10-13
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1997-11-27	1997-12-10
COKER, William Joseph	Director	2005-04-14	2010-06-04
EADES, Ross David	Director	2009-07-22	2013-03-15
KATZLER, Gary Dan	Director	1997-12-10	2003-06-30
KIRPALANI, Rakesh	Director	2012-03-28	2022-11-25
LANGLEY, Michael Gordon	Director	1997-12-10	1999-07-02
MELBOURNE, John	Director	2010-06-07	2011-04-28
OAKLEY, David John Philip	Director	2001-07-30	2005-04-14
REEVES, Anthony Henry	Director	2007-03-14	2015-03-04
ROSE, John Ian	Director	2008-04-30	2009-02-06
WATT, Douglas Roderick Buell	Director	1997-12-10	2007-01-30
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1997-11-27	1997-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
The Kellan Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 155 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-16	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-02-16	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-12-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-11-17	AD02	address	Change sail address company with old address new address	PDF
2025-11-17	AD04	address	Move registers to registered office company with new address	PDF
2025-02-26	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-12-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-10-19	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2023-04-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-01-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-11-25	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-05-09	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-12-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-11.2%

£20,311,486 £18,033,001
Cash

+63%

£1,010,117 £1,646,378

highest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+4.5%

£3,136,065 £3,278,221

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-95.3%

815 38

lowest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

-77.7%

£1,197,998 £267,419

first positive since 2020
Profit before tax

-81%

£1,172,452 £223,244

first positive since 2020
Wages

-89.8%

£14,718,656 £1,499,935

lowest in 5 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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