THE STEPSTONE GROUP UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£532K
-16.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£19M
-11.3% vs 2023
Employees
404
-22% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+75.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- THE STEPSTONE GROUP UK LTD 2023-06-30 → present
- TOTALJOBS GROUP LIMITED 2005-06-08 → 2023-06-30
- THE POTENTIAL JOB BOARD COMPANY LIMITED 2003-09-30 → 2005-06-08
- TOTALJOBS.COM LIMITED 2001-08-21 → 2003-09-30
- TOTALJOBS.COM (UK) LIMITED 2001-08-14 → 2001-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £95,235,735 | £75,071,216 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,757,178 | -£1,387,018 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,551,556 | -£1,822,985 | |
| Net profit | -£7,617,608 | -£1,880,858 | |
| Cash | £638,975 | £531,603 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,066,955 | -£792,823 | |
| Net assets | -£16,646,273 | -£18,527,131 | |
| Equity | -£16,646,273 | -£18,527,131 | |
| Average employees | 518 | 404 | |
| Wages | £29,462,009 | £21,476,382 |
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 | -8.1% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.0% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -153.1% | 174.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 141.5% | 156.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | -10.19x | -1.78x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the ability of the company to continue in operational existence and the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with the support of the intermediate parent company.”
Significant events
- “Since 31 December 2024 there has been a 7% reduction in the UK labour force with a continued focus on efficiency, best practice and centralisation of processes to deliver exceptional customer service and value to clients. This does not require adjustment in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKEND, Cameron Luke | Director | 2025-10-13 | Mar 1972 | British |
| O’GRADY, Desmond Michael | Director | 2023-03-15 | Feb 1971 | Irish |
| SLINK, Jörn-Steffen | Director | 2024-07-04 | Oct 1977 | German |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLENCROSS, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2001-08-14 | 2012-04-04 |
| BAUMANN, Ralf Wilfried | Director | 2012-04-04 | 2019-12-31 |
| DETTMERS, Clemens Sebastian, Dr | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2023-03-15 |
| GOLD, Nicholas Simon James | Director | 2016-03-02 | 2019-03-07 |
| KELSEY, Mark Vickers | Director | 2001-08-14 | 2012-04-04 |
| KÖHLER-REIF, Simone | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2025-03-31 |
| KÜHLKAMP, Mario | Director | 2024-07-04 | 2025-03-31 |
| LITTLE, Mr Mark Edward | Director | 2014-03-12 | 2016-03-02 |
| LORIGAN, Jane Mary | Director | 2023-01-23 | 2024-06-28 |
| MCCOOEY, Ciaran Desmond | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2024-06-28 |
| OTTE, Thorsten | Director | 2015-02-05 | 2023-03-15 |
| PERKINS, Robert James | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2013-03-27 |
| PICKERING, Carolyn Bridget | Director | 2001-08-14 | 2009-09-30 |
| RATH, Stefan Peter | Director | 2024-07-04 | 2025-03-31 |
| WEHRMANN, Patrick Philip Frank | Director | 2012-04-04 | 2020-11-18 |
| WHAYMAN, Stuart Mark | Director | 2009-09-30 | 2012-04-04 |
| WILSON, Jon Joseph | Director | 2019-12-17 | 2023-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepstone Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-21.2%
£95,235,735 £75,071,216
-
Cash
-16.8%
£638,975 £531,603
-
Net assets
-11.3%
-£16,646,273 -£18,527,131
-
Employees
-22%
518 404
-
Operating profit
+82.1%
-£7,757,178 -£1,387,018
-
Profit before tax
+75.9%
-£7,551,556 -£1,822,985
-
Wages
-27.1%
£29,462,009 £21,476,382
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