HUNTRESS SEARCH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-04 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-16.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-7% vs 2023
Employees
90
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-27.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,517,124 | £26,904,474 | |
| Operating profit | £1,790,823 | £1,297,625 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,900,893 | £1,378,971 | |
| Net profit | £1,456,496 | £1,037,670 | |
| Cash | £3,182,987 | £2,649,782 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,853,973 | £4,514,617 | |
| Net assets | £4,823,973 | £4,484,617 | |
| Equity | £4,823,973 | £4,484,617 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 90 | |
| Wages | £5,187,921 | £4,759,763 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.9% | 28.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 2.37x | |
| Interest cover | 504.32x | 1466.24x |
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
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared projections for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the financial statements as at 31 December 2024. The directors do not envisage any direct adverse effects on the company from current issues of inflation, trade tariffs, energy prices, and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The directors have, however, stress tested the projections for the secondary impact of these issues on the wider economy. On the basis of these projections the directors have formed the judgement that there is reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the accounts. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis for the preparation of accounts and the financial statements contain no adjustments should the going concern basis of preparation not be appropriate.”
Group structure
- HUNTRESS SEARCH LIMITED · parent
- Huntress Ltd 100%
- Huntress Group GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 the business established a new brand NextGen Teachers initially focusing on placing teachers and teaching assistants in Yorkshire.”
- “During April 2025, the company paid an interim dividend totaling £688,513 to the owner of the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANG, Avtar Singh | Secretary | 2005-09-30 | — | British |
| KANG, Avtar Singh | Director | 2005-09-30 | Oct 1961 | British |
| LEESON, Chris | Director | 2014-03-27 | Dec 1973 | British |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey William | Director | 2011-01-01 | May 1948 | British |
| ROSS, Stephen John | Director | 2010-04-29 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, William Norman | Secretary | 2004-07-16 | 2005-02-04 |
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Secretary | 2000-07-21 | 2000-07-26 |
| EFFEMEY, Lynette | Secretary | 2001-03-26 | 2001-12-14 |
| MAXWELL, Derek Michael Liam | Secretary | 2000-07-26 | 2001-03-26 |
| MCCLUNE, Christopher Mark | Secretary | 2005-02-04 | 2005-09-30 |
| MILLET, Andrew | Secretary | 2002-01-17 | 2003-04-04 |
| WICKHAM, Andrew John | Secretary | 2003-05-21 | 2004-07-16 |
| ALEXANDER, William Norman | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2005-02-04 |
| ATHERTON, Jane Margaret | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2009-07-01 |
| BECK, Henry James Edward | Director | 2015-03-25 | 2024-12-31 |
| BRADBURY, Diane | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2017-12-31 |
| COLLETT, Brian | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2000-07-26 |
| EFFEMEY, Lynette | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2001-12-14 |
| HEALEY, Andrew Mark | Director | 2007-11-16 | 2010-04-29 |
| HUTCHINGS, Alexander Mark | Director | 2020-01-02 | 2021-02-02 |
| LAURENCE, Gary | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2009-12-18 |
| MARKS, Philip Martin | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2010-12-10 |
| MAXWELL, Derek Michael Liam | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2001-05-19 |
| MCCLUNE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2005-02-04 | 2005-09-30 |
| MILLET, Andrew | Director | 2002-01-17 | 2003-04-04 |
| PIERCE, Claire | Director | 2018-01-29 | 2026-01-21 |
| PULLAN, John Kenneth | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-07-08 |
| RICE, Carol Linda | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2006-01-27 |
| ROSEN, Laurence Roland | Director | 2000-07-26 | 2001-01-12 |
| SPENCER PERCIVAL, David | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2009-06-19 |
| VASSIE, Julia Constance | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2009-07-01 |
| WICKHAM, Andrew John | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2004-07-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntress Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-11-24 | Active |
| Huntress Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-10-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11.8%
£30,517,124 £26,904,474
-
Cash
-16.8%
£3,182,987 £2,649,782
-
Net assets
-7%
£4,823,973 £4,484,617
-
Employees
-5.3%
95 90
-
Operating profit
-27.5%
£1,790,823 £1,297,625
-
Profit before tax
-27.5%
£1,900,893 £1,378,971
-
Wages
-8.3%
£5,187,921 £4,759,763
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