BERRY RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£278K
-52.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-35.3% vs 2023
Employees
155
-9.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£458K
-1,626.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BERRY RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD. 2014-10-28 → present
- BERRY BRANCH LIMITED 2014-09-03 → 2014-10-28
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 | £68,243,000 | £61,713,000 | |
| Operating profit | £511,000 | £27,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,000 | -£458,000 | |
| Net profit | -£202,000 | -£499,000 | |
| Cash | £590,000 | £278,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,468,000 | £1,639,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,323,000 | £1,504,000 | |
| Equity | £2,323,000 | £1,504,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 155 | |
| Wages | £7,427,000 | £6,700,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.7% | 1.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.78x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 1.06x | 0.06x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Karen Chase (for HB Accountants)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue trading for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Group has continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BERRY RECRUITMENT GROUP LTD. · parent
- Berry Recruitment Ltd 100%
- Wild Recruitment Ltd 100%
- Joy Recruitment Limited 100%
- Amanda Smith Recruitment Ltd 100%
- Mainline Resourcing Ltd 100%
- Headway Recruitment Ltd 95%
- London Recruitment Services Ltd 100%
- Bushley Ltd 100%
- London Staff Bureau Ltd 100%
- Winward Holdings Ltd 100%
- First Recruitment Services Holdings Ltd 100%
- First Recruitment Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The division's Herts, Beds & Bucks branch opened in October 2023 and has seen continued growth through 2024 and beyond. The First Recruitment Services business acquired in 2022 also continues to perform very well.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALL, Douglas James | Secretary | 2019-10-31 | — | — |
| BERRY, Spencer Morgan | Director | 2014-09-03 | Jun 1971 | British |
| CHOWN, Christopher | Director | 2014-09-03 | Sep 1975 | British |
| FOLDS, Susan Marie | Director | 2014-09-03 | Oct 1946 | British |
| GAMBLE, Lee James | Director | 2014-09-03 | Nov 1971 | British |
| HADDOCK, Ian David | Director | 2014-09-03 | Aug 1959 | British |
| LANGLEY, Ian Michael | Director | 2014-09-12 | Apr 1962 | British |
| MCCALL, Douglas James | Director | 2019-10-31 | Apr 1981 | British |
| MERRITT, Michelle | Director | 2014-12-19 | Jan 1974 | British |
| MILLER, Nicholas | Director | 2021-03-31 | Jul 1986 | Italian |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARSON, Michael Robert | Secretary | 2014-09-03 | 2021-04-23 |
| BERRY, Antony George | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2022-09-15 |
| SARSON, Michael Robert | Director | 2014-09-03 | 2025-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Chown | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Mr Spencer Morgan Berry | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2021-09-20 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-07-13 | 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
- 1
- 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
-9.6%
£68,243,000 £61,713,000
-
Cash
-52.9%
£590,000 £278,000
-
Net assets
-35.3%
£2,323,000 £1,504,000
-
Employees
-9.4%
171 155
-
Operating profit
-94.7%
£511,000 £27,000
-
Profit before tax
-1,626.7%
£30,000 -£458,000
-
Wages
-9.8%
£7,427,000 £6,700,000
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