4 Recruitment Services Ltd
Registered name: 4 RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD
4 Recruitment Services Ltd made £10.4m revenue and £110k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
4 Recruitment Services Ltd’s revenue fell 33% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £110k profit and 208 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Enfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Enfield, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £15.7m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £12m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £272k | £147k |
| Profit before tax | £328k | £260k | £148k |
| Profit after tax | £266k | £199k | £110k |
| Profit (best available) | £266k | £199k | £110k |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 88 | 208 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 26.5% | 23.6% | 34.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £178k | £50.2k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £2.3k | £528 |
| Cash conversion | — | −56.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▼33.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▼44.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲136.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £111k | £114k | £189k |
| Net assets | £865k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.4k | £3.3k | £2.4k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£153k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £528
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲66%
- Now £189k
- Headcount
- ▲136%
- Now 208
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £2.4k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £110k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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