Pharma Partners Recruitment Limited
Registered name: PHARMA PARTNERS RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Part of Sellick Partnership Group Limited groupPharma Partners Recruitment Limited made £1.1m revenue and a £174k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Pharma Partners Recruitment Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £174k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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: “Gleeson Recruitment Ltd”
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1m | £943k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £376k | £206k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£198k | −£174k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£199k | −£174k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£199k | −£174k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −14% | −15.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.6% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £177k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£24.8k | −£19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼18.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £389k | £268k | £45.3k | £51.2k |
| Net assets | £142k | £209k | £10.7k | −£163k |
| Current assets | £829k | £545k | £279k | £157k |
| Debtors | £394k | £265k | £141k | £88.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▼1625%
- Now −£163k
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £51.2k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sellick Partnership Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gleeson Recruitment Ltd75–100%
- Pharma Partners Recruitment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Gleeson Futures LimitedRev. £314k · Profit £9.2k
- Gleeson International 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 −£174k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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