Discover People International Ltd
Registered name: DISCOVER PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL LTD
Part of Discover International Holdings Limited groupDiscover People International Ltd made £11.9m revenue and £311k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Discover People International Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £311k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £11.2m | £10m | £11.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £6.3m | £5.9m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.9m | £4.2m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £806k | £740k | £94.1k | £476k |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £946k | £572k | £457k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £768k | £526k | £311k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £768k | £526k | £311k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 37 | 34 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34% | 6.8% | 5.2% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 43.5% | 41.5% | 45.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £321k | £304k | £295k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | £109k | £20.8k | £15.5k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.8% | ▼10.6% | ▲18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.9% | ▼31.5% | ▼40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.1% | ▼8.1% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £276k | £103k | £47.7k | £43.8k |
| Net assets | £677k | £782k | £933k | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £469k | £472k | £463k | £459k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £778k | £657k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £43.8k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £459k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Discover International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Discover People International Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Discover Global LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £311k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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