REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£43M
Equity attributable
Employees
1,785
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-06-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-10 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £859,930,000 | £1,024,496,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,479,000 | £5,109,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,322,000 | £4,906,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,438,000 | £3,437,000 | |
| Cash | £9,926,000 | £10,475,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £51,828,000 | £49,818,000 | |
| Net assets | £43,127,000 | £42,564,000 | |
| Equity | £43,127,000 | £42,564,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,848 | 1,785 | |
| Wages | £71,988,000 | £91,288,000 |
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 | 2024-05-10 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 10.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.4% | 72.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 45.76x | 19.65x |
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
“The Company's business activities, together with the factors likely to affect its future development, financial risk management objectives, and its exposures to credit, liquidity and cash flow risk are described in the Strategic Report on pages 3 to 8. The Company has considerable financial resources together with long-term contracts with a number of customers and suppliers across different geographic areas and industries. Consequently, the Directors believe that the group is well placed to manage its business risks successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook. The Directors of Reed Global Limited agreed after the balance sheet date that, should it be required, it intends to provide support for the meeting of liabilities as and when they fall due to Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited to continue in operation until at least 31st December 2026.”
Group structure
- REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED · parent
- Reed Staffing Services Limited 100%
- Reed Professional Services LLP 99%
- Reed Talent Solutions Limited 100%
- Reed Franchise Partnerships LLC 100%
- Reed Talent Solutions GmbH 100%
- Code Nation Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Reed Group decided in the prior period to shorten its reporting period for Group participants from 30 June to 10 May. The Group took this decision as a part of the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system to simplify its reporting in the period of the system's adoption. The Group has reverted to a 30 June reporting date in the current financial period.”
- “During the period to 30th June 2025 the Company acquired 100% of the issued ordinary share capital of Code Nation Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BADDELEY, Simon Lee | Director | 2020-03-16 | Apr 1976 | British |
| NICHOLAS, Ian Andrew | Director | 2020-03-09 | Apr 1970 | British |
| REED, James Andrew | Director | 2016-07-22 | Apr 1963 | British |
| RICHARDS, Lee Winton | Director | 2019-03-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| SMITH, Richard John Matthew | Director | 2022-06-10 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMUNDS, Joan | Secretary | 2009-05-12 | 2018-06-30 |
| BEAL, Derek George | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2010-04-01 |
| EDMUNDS, Joan | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2018-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Karen Louise | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2024-07-05 |
| LOVELL, Thomas Mark | Director | 2017-06-12 | 2020-03-09 |
| MARSH, Nigel Leslie | Director | 2009-05-18 | 2019-03-01 |
| NICHOLAS, Ian Andrew | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2019-03-01 |
| POST, Richard | Director | 2009-05-18 | 2017-03-24 |
| REED, James Andrew | Director | 2009-05-12 | 2013-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Andrew Reed | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Reed Executive Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-05-10