SEARCH CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Get an alert when SEARCH CONSULTANCY LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
-4.2% vs 2023
Employees
353
-17.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-149.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SEARCH CONSULTANCY LIMITED 1987-10-02 → present
- REJAMAX LIMITED 1987-07-13 → 1987-10-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £163,342,000 | £140,698,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,854,000 | -£153,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,903,000 | -£1,442,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,322,000 | -£1,009,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,676,000 | £23,457,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,251,000 | £23,242,000 | |
| Equity | £24,251,000 | £23,242,000 | |
| Average employees | 428 | 353 | |
| Wages | £19,758,000 | £16,893,000 |
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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.4% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.6% | -0.7% | |
| Interest cover | 3.97x | -0.15x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered all the available information, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and company have adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICKERS, Richard Thomas | Director | 2019-09-23 | Oct 1969 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASON, Christopher Patrick Charles | Secretary | 2000-10-27 | 2007-12-31 |
| MCCABE, Kai Donna | Secretary | 2000-02-14 | 2000-07-25 |
| MCGRATH, Gerald Francis | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2011-06-08 |
| SECRETAR SECURITIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2000-02-14 |
| BLAIR, Colin James | Director | — | 2000-02-14 |
| BURN, Bryan Adrian Falconer | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2006-11-01 |
| CASWELL, Deborah Jane | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2020-03-04 |
| CASWELL, Grahame Charles Harold | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2019-12-31 |
| DICK, Stuart John Macfarlane | Director | 2010-09-06 | 2024-09-17 |
| EDGE, Christopher Thomas | Director | 2017-01-17 | 2017-05-10 |
| MASON, Christopher Patrick Charles | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2007-12-31 |
| MCCABE, Kai Donna | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2007-11-30 |
| MOFFAT, David | Director | 1992-01-17 | 1995-04-06 |
| PERT, Andrew Macdonald | Director | — | 2000-02-14 |
| SHARPE, Graham Robertson | Director | 2000-05-22 | 2017-05-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Consultancy Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-13.9%
£163,342,000 £140,698,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.2%
£24,251,000 £23,242,000
-
Employees
-17.5%
428 353
-
Operating profit
-104%
£3,854,000 -£153,000
-
Profit before tax
-149.7%
£2,903,000 -£1,442,000
-
Wages
-14.5%
£19,758,000 £16,893,000
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