Lorien Resourcing Limited
Registered name: LORIEN RESOURCING LIMITED
Part of Headfirst Global PLC groupLorien Resourcing Limited made £494m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 2 Jan 2026.
Lorien Resourcing Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £494m in the year to 2 Jan 2026, with £3.1m profit and 198 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Luton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Impellam Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 5 Jan 2024 | 3 Jan 2025 | 2 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £587m | £488m | £494m |
| Cost of sales | £554m | £460m | £468m |
| Gross profit | £33.2m | £27.6m | £26.5m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £21.1m | £16.3m | £15.1m |
| Employees (average) | 324 | 247 | 198 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8m | £2m | £2.5m |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £9.5k | £15.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.9% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9% | ▲32.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼23.8% | ▼19.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £246k | £8m |
| Net assets | £33m | £35.4m | £18.5m |
| Fixed assets | £67.9m | £103m | £30.6m |
| Current assets | £66.8m | £39.9m | £49.9m |
| Debtors | £64.3m | £39.5m | £41.8m |
| Deferred income | £10k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼48%
- Now £18.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3160%
- Now £8m
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 198
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼70%
- Now £30.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Headfirst Global PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Vertage Limited75–100%
- Impellam Holdings Limited75–100%
- Lorien Limited75–100%
- Lorien Resourcing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 2 Jan 2026 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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