Douglas Knight Recruitment Limited
Registered name: DOUGLAS KNIGHT RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Douglas Knight Recruitment Limited made £11m revenue and £235k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Douglas Knight Recruitment Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £11m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £235k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Docklands; we hold 6 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Docklands, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 30 Apr 2020 | 30 Apr 2021 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £7m | £9.1m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £3.2m | £3.8m | £6.6m | £8.6m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £70k | £302k | £341k | £441k | £509k | £576k |
| Operating profit | £19.7k | £115k | £138k | £192k | £215k | £235k |
| Profit before tax | £19.7k | £115k | £138k | £192k | £215k | £235k |
| Profit after tax | £19.7k | £115k | £138k | £192k | £215k | £235k |
| Profit (best available) | £19.7k | £115k | £138k | £192k | £215k | £235k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 3.3% | 8.5% | 8.2% | 6.3% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £264k | £355k | £346k | £469k | £504k | £552k |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £11.5k | £11.5k | £12.8k | £11.9k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲67.7% | ▲17.2% | ▲69.1% | ▲29% | ▲21.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲485% | ▲19.9% | ▲39% | ▲11.8% | ▲9.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▲20% | ▲25% | ▲20% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||||
| Cash at bank | £216k | £431k | £391k | £432k | £380k | £126k |
| Net assets | £213k | £663k | £694k | £878k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £45.8k | £220k | £255k | £401k | £652k | £888k |
| Current assets | £255k | £720k | £706k | £808k | £857k | £657k |
| Debtors | £25.4k | £146k | £159k | £185k | £246k | £310k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £552k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼67%
- Now £126k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £888k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £235k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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