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Recruitment Agency

Reference
S13052
Turnover
£1m to £2m
Sector(s)
Recruitment, Service industries
Region(s)
UK Wide
Added
11 November 2025

Business description

The company is an established, leading recruitment agency within a niche, vital industry, servicing clients ranging from SMEs to blue-chip organisations across numerous market segments.
The business leverages its market prominence, coveted candidate database, digital presence, and skilled team to provide bespoke recruitment services, including contingency, permanent, and executive search placements.
The company’s commitment to team development, client and candidate satisfaction, and operational excellence ensures that it achieves metrics that often exceed the industry averages, including for client and staff retention, executive search success, and placement fill rates.
Having experienced sustained expansion in recent years, the company now presents a turnkey opportunity that retains considerable growth potential in terms of service diversification, international coverage, and continued expansion.
Our clients are offering the company for sale to facilitate their retirement plans.
Offers invited

Highlights

  • 240 recruitment model facilitates considerably faster role placement times and low operational risks.
  • Largest recruitment consultancy of its kind in its niche sector.
  • 82% of revenue secured through repeat business.
  • Maintains a placement fill rate that is more than double the industry average.
  • Optimised, trademarked brand name ranks as a top result for organic searches.
  • Significant candidate database, facilitating access to superior talent.
  • Several employees can move into upper-level positions.

Financials

Turnover (£'000) Adjusted EBITDA (£'000)
2022 (Actual) 419 191
2023 (Actual) 512 80
2024 (Actual) 603 55
2025 (Actual) 1,091 462
  • Projected to achieve a YE25 turnover of £1.1m, with an adjusted EBITDA of £462k.
  • YE26 budget turnover of £1.8m expected.
  • Consistently operates at a 20%+ fee level, often exceeding 25%; industry standard is 15%.
  • Low client concentration; no more than 9% of the income is generated by any one client.
  • Current pipeline of £671k in live assignments, which is consistently growing.

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