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Recruitment agencies in Manchester ranked by net assets

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 172 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
172 of 1,770
Ranked first
STANDGUIDE LIMITED
Net assets of no. 1
£4,999,215
Data as of

Summary

172 recruitment agencies with a registered office in Manchester reported net assets of £10,000 or more in their latest accounts.

STANDGUIDE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with £4,999,215 of net assets, followed by AXON MOORE LIMITED with £4,336,966.

14 of the listed companies report net assets above £1,000,000. The median listed company was incorporated 10 years ago.

The ranking

Recruitment agencies in Manchester ranked by net assets: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous net assets, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Net assets Latest accounts Avg. employees Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 STANDGUIDE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02563257 £5,181,9692023 £4,999,2152024 -£182,754 -3.5% 327 35
2 AXON MOORE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04598990 £2,872,8162023 £4,336,9662024 +£1,464,150 +51.0% 46 23
3 ENERGIZE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)05842761 £3,293,9292023 £3,353,3822024 +£59,453 +1.8% 44 19
4 KINETIC RECRUITMENT SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01628477 £3,238,5312024 £3,080,8352025 -£157,696 -4.9% 33 43
5 KINETIC PLC (opens in a new tab)06545585 £1,665,4622024 £1,665,4622025 +£0 +0.0% – 17
6 BOSS AGENCIES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02283571 £1,643,8592023 £1,664,2522024 +£20,393 +1.2% 23 37
7 THE ORCHARD AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03156739 £774,5002023 £1,521,9442024 +£747,444 +96.5% 79 29
8 HENRY BLUE LTD (opens in a new tab)11762772 £1,919,4712024 £1,446,2562025 -£473,215 -24.7% 37 6
9 YOUR SUCCESS PORTAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09239431 £6212023 £1,402,7632024 +£1,402,142 – 9 11
10 KINETIC NURSING SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07403680 £961,5212024 £1,392,2072025 +£430,686 +44.8% 13 15
11 HIGHER GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10562419 £1,503,4602023 £1,252,5742024 -£250,886 -16.7% 23 8
12 ROUND-PEG SOLUTIONS (RPS) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10627506 £881,3622024 £1,116,9972025 +£235,635 +26.7% 15 8
13 FINTELLECT RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11407908 £965,8212024 £1,047,2492025 +£81,428 +8.4% – 7
14 GORDON & EDEN LTD (opens in a new tab)08848716 – £1,006,3072025 – – – 11
15 ASSET MANAGEMENT FIDELITY LTD (opens in a new tab)11610534 £1,000,0002023 £1,000,0002024 +£0 +0.0% 5 7
16 RECANN LTD (opens in a new tab)09216630 £809,8542023 £897,4002024 +£87,546 +10.8% 30 11
17 NEW MILLENNIA PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04254121 – £797,6362024 – – 12 24
18 MJB HEALTHCARE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08465382 £699,5242024 £746,7782025 +£47,254 +6.8% 3 12
19 ARGUILE SEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08052089 £874,5792023 £737,9522024 -£136,627 -15.6% 12 13
20 STRATEGIC PEOPLE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08277727 £722,8592023 £736,0972024 +£13,238 +1.8% 8 13
21 POSITIVE CARE SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)10765752 £605,4522023 £728,9252024 +£123,473 +20.4% 28 8
22 MMA HEALTHCARE RECRUITMENT UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04331562 £1,106,6322023 £707,3932024 -£399,239 -36.1% 3 24
23 ISLAND MEDICS RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab)11911982 £553,7592024 £671,5892025 +£117,830 +21.3% 2 6
24 NOVUS RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11137058 £531,9702024 £663,8232025 +£131,853 +24.8% 4 7
25 RAINBOW LIVING CARE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09488941 £308,3842024 £656,9262025 +£348,542 +113.0% 104 10
26 THE TRAINING BROKERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07515277 £787,0622023 £600,1972024 -£186,865 -23.7% 9 14
27 CARELINE NURSING LTD (opens in a new tab)12569812 £457,2842023 £533,8162024 +£76,532 +16.7% 2 5
28 DISTINCT CONSULTANCY GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)13361871 £316,8292023 £491,2652024 +£174,436 +55.1% 4 4
29 LEADERS IN CARE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10977964 £474,9272023 £490,4612024 +£15,534 +3.3% 34 8
30 MYSORT.CO.UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09844039 £487,8662023 £487,9002024 +£34 +0.0% – 10
31 PERFORMIT SOLUTIONS LTD (opens in a new tab)11764712 £469,4422024 £467,3302025 -£2,112 -0.4% 3 6
32 ACE PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12663135 – £430,5022025 – – 14 5
33 INTERLINK RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07632230 £641,8752023 £410,0262024 -£231,849 -36.1% 24 14
34 THINK LEGAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10027286 £309,1392024 £380,1982025 +£71,059 +23.0% 6 9
35 HEXA SERVICES (UK) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06203344 £438,7312023 £377,4282024 -£61,303 -14.0% 10 18
36 BROADPAY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13051695 £1,0002023 £372,2152024 +£371,215 +37,121.5% 2 5
37 NEEMAR SEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)14832662 – £356,0252024 – – 2 2
38 DEBBIE NATHAN ASSOCIATES LTD (opens in a new tab)13042088 – £355,6212024 – – 2 5
39 SRA COVER STAFF LTD (opens in a new tab)05624392 – £341,5852024 – – 3 20
40 QUICKLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12055791 £216,4452023 £330,1652024 +£113,720 +52.5% 6 6
41 THE UDDER GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12361508 £274,1382023 £325,7672024 +£51,629 +18.8% 17 6
42 GET RECRUITED (UK) LTD (opens in a new tab)07226070 £354,6852023 £323,0202024 -£31,665 -8.9% 11 15
43 THIS IS PRIME LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09207204 £221,5522023 £304,7102024 +£83,158 +37.5% 21 11
44 MARA TALENT LTD (opens in a new tab)13598986 – £290,5402024 – – 10 4
45 360 APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10460352 £283,5382023 £278,9022024 -£4,636 -1.6% 5 9
46 TRINITY RECRUITMENT PARTNERS LTD (opens in a new tab)12401575 £303,0262024 £272,9572025 -£30,069 -9.9% 14 5
47 MPR SITE SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab)12811243 £247,5512024 £266,9182025 +£19,367 +7.8% 6 5
48 PRO-GLOBAL CONSULTING LTD (opens in a new tab)06621012 £218,3162023 £265,4162024 +£47,100 +21.6% 1 17
49 ADAM RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05842266 £411,8372023 £263,5552024 -£148,282 -36.0% 14 19
50 GROUP ELEVEN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12875782 £180,3702023 £239,1922024 +£58,822 +32.6% 24 5
Download CSV of this ranking 50 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
  • 78100 – Activities of employment placement agencies
  • 78109 – Other activities of employment placement agencies
  • 78200 – Temporary employment agency activities
  • 78300 – Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Manchester.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by net assets in the latest filed accounts. Companies with net assets below £10,000 are left out.
Exclusions
Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it). Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
  • net assets above £100,000,000 in micro-entity accounts, or above £1,000,000,000 in small company accounts
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester1,770
Not active−466
Dormant−96
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−724
Net assets not filed in the latest accounts−91
Net assets below £10,000−221
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list172