Company Registration No. 06689694 (England and Wales)
TwentyAI Ltd
Annual report and financial statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
TwentyAI Ltd
Company information
Directors
Adrian Kinnersley
Paul Marsden
Secretaries
Edward Shropshire
Claire Marsden
Company number
06689694
Registered office
Copthall House
14-18 Copthall Avenue
London
EC2R 7DJ
Independent auditor
Saffery LLP
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
TwentyAI Ltd
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Statement of financial position
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 26
TwentyAI Ltd
Strategic report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
The directors present the strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the Company during the year was the provision of talent solutions, including recruitment, staffing and employment services. The Company serves the UK, European and US markets and has offices in the UK and the US, with its head office located in London. The Company predominantly operates across Technology and Finance sectors.
Fair review of the business
The fair review of the business focuses on performance of the trading subsidiaries.
The challenging trading environment that emerged in 2023 persisted throughout 2024, with subdued demand for recruitment, staffing and employment services resulting in a loss for the year. Revenue declined by 15.2% compared with 2023, primarily due to a 17.2% reduction in contract revenue, while permanent revenue proved more resilient, falling by just 3.5%.
In response, the Group took decisive action to reduce its cost base and reorganise the business to safeguard profitability, cash generation, and long-term growth capacity. As part of this process, the Group made difficult leadership changes in both the UK and US regions and transitioned team structures from a 180-desk to a 360-desk model. While this shift brought some short-term challenges, it has ultimately raised performance standards and increased productivity. The Group remains ready to implement further measures to capitalise swiftly on any recovery in market conditions.
Despite these headwinds, the Group was once again recognised in Recruiter Magazine’s 2024 Hot 100 list of the UK’s most efficient and productive businesses, the fourth consecutive year it has achieved this distinction. As this ranking is based on audited financial and operational data, it provides independent validation of the Group’s continued strength and competitiveness.
The Group also continued to reduce its debt and invest in its infrastructure, enhancing core finance, people, and operational systems, and further developing its proprietary analytics platform, T360. By expanding automation and AI capabilities, T360 is helping sales teams optimise client delivery while enabling back-office functions to achieve greater efficiency and scalability.
Looking ahead, the outlook for 2025 remains uncertain, with international and domestic challenges weighing on economic growth and market sentiment. Nevertheless, the Group sees positive and clear opportunities in high-demand verticals such as data and AI and is experiencing growing demand for its wider talent solutions. The Group has relaunched its EOR business under the new brand ‘In2America’, repositioning it as a Professional Employer Organisation (PEO), enabling it to offer both EOR and PEO services tailored to client needs. By refining its ideal customer profile and achieving stronger product-market fit, the business has returned to significant growth, with annual recurring revenues recovering to £4.5m at the time of writing. With strong client relationships, strategic partnerships, a robust sales pipeline, and a broad range of talent solutions, the Group is well positioned to support clients’ evolving talent needs and return to growth.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The Company closely monitors the economic and political environment across its markets, recognising the potential impact of government policies, inflationary pressures, interest rate movements, and wider geopolitical uncertainty. These factors have dampened client and candidate confidence, reduced investment activity, and created difficult conditions for recruitment businesses.
To manage these risks, the Company continually reviews its financial and operational performance across core markets and maintains robust disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
The key financial and operational risks include:
TwentyAI Ltd
Strategic report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
2
Liquidity and Cash Flow
Cash flow forecasts (covering at least 12 months from date of approval of the accounts) and long-term financial models are regularly reviewed by the Board to ensure sufficient liquidity and headroom is maintained to meet obligations. Liquidity risks are mitigated through effective credit control, use of an invoice discounting facility, and structured supplier payment terms to reduce cash flow volatility.
Foreign Exchange
Foreign exchange movement remains an immaterial risk. The Group operates in GBP, EUR, and USD, matching revenues and costs wherever possible (a natural hedge), and holding local banking and financing facilities in each currency. The Group regularly reviews the exchange rate to take advantage of timing any international transfers during the most favourable periods wherever possible.
Client Concentration
The risk of the loss of key clients is minimised by incentivising senior management on client diversification, rewarding consultants for new business through commission schemes and ensuring there is no single point of contact internally for any client, so that the Group is not impacted should a member of staff leave.
Retention of Key Talent
To mitigate the risk of losing key consultants, the Group offers competitive pay, commission structures, equity participation opportunities, and management bonuses. In 2024, the Group further strengthened its employee value proposition by remodelling its tiered commission scheme to increase payouts and remove exclusive thresholds.
Key performance indicators
The Company reviews several indicators to assess the performance of the business, all of which are measured on a regular basis against budget metrics. These include, but are not limited to:
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Adrian Kinnersley
Director
Date: .............................................
TwentyAI Ltd
Directors' report
For the year ended 31 December 2024
3
The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the Company during the year was the provision of talent solutions, including recruitment, staffing and employment services. The Company serves the UK, European and US markets and has offices in the UK and the US, with its head office located in London. The Company predominantly operates across Technology and Finance sectors.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Adrian Kinnersley
Paul Marsden
Research and development
Research and development activities for the year relate to the development of internal systems and costs of £86,434 (2023: £67,259) were capitalised.
Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Auditor
Saffery LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office.
TwentyAI Ltd
Directors' report (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
4
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).
Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
On behalf of the board
Adrian Kinnersley
Director
13 November 2025
TwentyAI Ltd
Independent auditor's report
To the members of TwentyAI Ltd
5
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of TwentyAI Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its loss for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
TwentyAI Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of TwentyAI Ltd
6
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
TwentyAI Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of TwentyAI Ltd
7
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are detailed below.
Identifying and assessing risks related to irregularities:
We assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement and how fraud might occur, including through discussions with the directors, discussions within our audit team planning meeting, updating our record of internal controls and ensuring these controls operated as intended. We evaluated possible incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. We identified laws and regulations that are of significance in the context of the company by discussions with directors and by updating our understanding of the sector in which the company operates.
Laws and regulations of direct significance in the context of the company include The Companies Act 2006 and UK Tax legislation.
Audit response to risks identified:
We considered the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items including a review of financial statement disclosures. We reviewed the company's records of breaches of laws and regulations, minutes of meetings and correspondence with relevant authorities to identify potential material misstatements arising. We discussed the company's policies and procedures for compliance with laws and regulations with members of management responsible for compliance.
During the planning meeting with the audit team, the engagement partner drew attention to the key areas which might involve non-compliance with laws and regulations or fraud. We enquired of management whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. We addressed the risk of fraud through management override of controls by testing the appropriateness of journal entries and identifying any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business. We assessed whether judgements made in making accounting estimates gave rise to a possible indication of management bias. At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring that the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.
There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
TwentyAI Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of TwentyAI Ltd
8
Roger Weston
Senior Statutory Auditor
For and on behalf of Saffery LLP
13 November 2025
Statutory Auditors
71 Queen Victoria Street
London
EC4V 4BE
TwentyAI Ltd
Statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2024
9
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
18,320,573
21,594,286
Cost of sales
(12,864,942)
(15,273,789)
Gross profit
5,455,631
6,320,497
Administrative expenses
(5,615,010)
(15,519,567)
Other operating income
3
9,755,917
Operating (loss)/profit
4
(159,379)
556,847
Interest payable and similar expenses
7
(203,930)
(297,928)
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(363,309)
258,919
Tax on (loss)/profit
8
98,011
(117,976)
(Loss)/profit for the financial year
(265,298)
140,943
The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
TwentyAI Ltd
Statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2024
10
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
9
166,331
131,993
Tangible assets
10
11,579
21,149
177,910
153,142
Current assets
Debtors
12
7,534,535
7,866,718
Cash at bank and in hand
102,464
221,616
7,636,999
8,088,334
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
13
(3,671,016)
(3,624,040)
Net current assets
3,965,983
4,464,294
Total assets less current liabilities
4,143,893
4,617,436
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
14
(37,066)
(236,898)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
16
5,113
13,526
(5,113)
(13,526)
Net assets
4,101,714
4,367,012
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
19
1,480
1,480
Capital redemption reserve
720
720
Profit and loss reserves
4,099,514
4,364,812
Total equity
4,101,714
4,367,012
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 13 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Adrian Kinnersley
Director
Company Registration No. 06689694
TwentyAI Ltd
Statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 December 2024
11
Share capital
Capital redemption reserve
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
1,480
720
4,223,869
4,226,069
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
-
140,943
140,943
Balance at 31 December 2023
1,480
720
4,364,812
4,367,012
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
-
(265,298)
(265,298)
Balance at 31 December 2024
1,480
720
4,099,514
4,101,714
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
12
1
Accounting policies
Company information
TwentyAI Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Copthall House, 14-18 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7DJ.
1.1
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 26 ‘Share based Payment’: Share-based payment expense charged to profit or loss, reconciliation of opening and closing number and weighted average exercise price of share options, how the fair value of options granted was measured, measurement and carrying amount of liabilities for cash-settled share-based payments, explanation of modifications to arrangements;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of TwentyAI Holdings Limited. These consolidated financial statements are available from the Registered Office and Companies House.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
13
The company has prepared cash flow forecasts covering a 12 month period from the date of approval of these financial statements. In preparing these forecasts, the company has considered the principal areas of uncertainty within the forecasts and the underlying assumptions, in particular those relating to market risks, cost management and working capital management. The directors acknowledge there are potential sensitivities to the cash flow forecast given the challenging trading conditions and factors outside of the company control. These forecasts show that the company continues to have sufficient levels of cash for the forecast period.
The directors expect the company to continue to be profitable in future periods based on the budgets and forecasts produced. The directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for services provided in the normal course of business, and is shown net of VAT and other sales related taxes. The fair value of consideration takes into account trade discounts, settlement discounts and volume rebates.
Revenue represents amounts receivable for services supplied during the year, net of VAT. Permanent placement fees are recognised on the placement of a candidate. The directors also consider the likelihood of withdrawal and make a provision accordingly. Turnover from contractor services is recognised as the work is performed.
1.4
Intangible fixed assets other than goodwill
Intangible assets acquired separately from a business are recognised at cost and are subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.
Intangible assets acquired on business combinations are recognised separately from goodwill at the acquisition date where it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the entity and the fair value of the asset can be measured reliably; the intangible asset arises from contractual or other legal rights; and the intangible asset is separable from the entity.
Amortisation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Software
5 years straight line from when the asset is available for use
1.5
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Fixtures and fittings
20% to 50% straight line
Computers
33% to 50% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
14
1.6
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
15
Other financial assets
Other financial assets, including investments in equity instruments which are not subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, are initially measured at fair value, which is normally the transaction price. Such assets are subsequently carried at fair value and the changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss, except that investments in equity instruments that are not publicly traded and whose fair values cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.
Where the arrangement with a debtor constitutes a financing transaction, the debtor is initially measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at the market rate of interest for similar debt instruments and subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
16
Other financial liabilities
Derivatives, including interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts, are not basic financial instruments. Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently re-measured at their fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognised in profit or loss in finance costs or finance income as appropriate, unless hedge accounting is applied and the hedge is a cash flow hedge.
Debt instruments that do not meet the conditions in FRS 102 paragraph 11.9 are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss. Debt instruments may be designated as being measured at fair value through profit or loss to eliminate or reduce an accounting mismatch or if the instruments are measured and their performance evaluated on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Where items recognised in other comprehensive income or equity are chargeable to or deductible for tax purposes, the resulting current or deferred tax expense or income is presented in the same component of comprehensive income or equity as the transaction or other event that resulted in the tax expense or income. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies (continued)
17
1.11
Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.13
Share-based payments
Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted using the Black-Scholes model. The fair value determined at the grant date is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the estimate of shares that will eventually vest. A corresponding adjustment is made to equity.
The company participates in a share-based payment arrangement granted to its employees by its ultimate parent company. The company has elected to recognise and measure its share-based payment expense on the basis of a reasonable allocation of the expense for the group recognised in its consolidated accounts. The directors consider the number of unvested options granted to the company’s employees compared to the total unvested options granted under the group plan to be a reasonable basis for allocating the expense.
The expense in relation to options over the parent company’s shares granted to employees of the company is recognised by the company as a capital contribution, and presented as an increase in the parent’s investment in that subsidiary.
1.14
Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
1.15
Foreign exchange
Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
18
2
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Share option valuation
The total amount to be expensed is determined by reference to the fair value of the options granted. In arriving at the charge for the period, assumptions are made on the number of options likely to be exercised, the current market value of the shares over which the options are granted and its volatility.
Carrying value of debtors
In assessing the carrying value of debtors and accrued income, the directors have assessed whether provisions need to be recorded to reduce gross balances to recoverable amounts based upon their expectation of future receipts.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Revenue from permanent placements
3,159,854
3,273,687
Revenue from contract placements
15,041,968
18,320,599
EOR revenue
118,751
-
18,320,573
21,594,286
2024
2023
£
£
Other significant revenue
Rental income
-
38,138
EOR revenue
-
9,755,917
2024
2023
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
11,686,422
11,216,567
Rest of the world
6,634,151
10,377,719
18,320,573
21,594,286
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
19
4
Operating (loss)/profit
2024
2023
Operating (loss)/profit for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Exchange losses
63,751
112,999
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
23,650
32,825
Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets
16,561
19,307
Amortisation of intangible assets
52,096
36,380
Operating lease charges
422,265
610,509
5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Sales
32
39
Administrative
10
12
Directors
2
2
Total
44
53
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2024
2023
£
£
Wages and salaries
3,532,929
4,002,373
Social security costs
333,998
401,291
Pension costs
126,614
140,043
3,993,541
4,543,707
6
Directors' remuneration
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
281,749
283,172
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
6
Directors' remuneration (continued)
20
Remuneration disclosed above includes the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:
2024
2023
£
£
Remuneration for qualifying services
238,962
229,172
7
Interest payable and similar expenses
2024
2023
£
£
Other interest
203,930
297,928
8
Taxation
2024
2023
£
£
Current tax
UK corporation tax on profits for the current period
15,303
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
(45,801)
49,783
Total UK current tax
(45,801)
65,086
Foreign current tax on profits for the current period
17,292
70,937
Total current tax
(28,509)
136,023
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(69,502)
(18,047)
Total tax (credit)/charge
(98,011)
117,976
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
8
Taxation (continued)
21
The actual (credit)/charge for the year can be reconciled to the expected (credit)/charge for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
(Loss)/profit before taxation
(363,309)
258,919
Expected tax (credit)/charge based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2023: 23.52%)
(90,827)
60,898
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
9,050
28,058
Adjustments in respect of prior years
(45,801)
49,783
Other permanent differences
(4,095)
(503)
Movement in deferred tax not recognised
(10,798)
Foreign tax
17,292
(9,462)
Losses carried back
16,370
Taxation (credit)/charge for the year
(98,011)
117,976
9
Intangible fixed assets
Software
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
220,635
Additions
86,434
At 31 December 2024
307,069
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
88,642
Amortisation charged for the year
52,096
At 31 December 2024
140,738
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
166,331
At 31 December 2023
131,993
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
22
10
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024
17,553
83,161
100,714
Additions
7,011
7,011
Disposals
(16,956)
(54,440)
(71,396)
At 31 December 2024
597
35,732
36,329
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024
17,535
62,030
79,565
Depreciation charged in the year
18
16,543
16,561
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(16,956)
(54,420)
(71,376)
At 31 December 2024
597
24,153
24,750
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
11,579
11,579
At 31 December 2023
18
21,131
21,149
11
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2024 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of shares held
% Held
Direct
Indirect
Twenty Recruitment GmbH
Germany
Ordinary shares
100.00
-
Twenty Recruitment GmbH had a loss of £5,231 (2023: £5,374) and net liabilities of £36,264 (2023: £32,264) at 31 December 2024. On the 29 January 2024, the company entered liquidation. As at the date of approval of these financial statements, this process has not completed.
TwentyAI Limited's investment in Twenty Recruitment GmbH was fully written down to £nil in the year ended 31 December 2021.
The company has the taken advantage under section 405(2) of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, as the directors do not consider Twenty Recruitment GmbH to be material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
23
12
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
2,161,350
2,762,556
Corporation tax recoverable
31,852
2,425
Amounts owed by group undertakings
4,226,929
4,117,039
Other debtors
2,777
338
Prepayments and accrued income
1,050,538
984,360
7,473,446
7,866,718
Deferred tax asset (note 16)
61,089
7,534,535
7,866,718
13
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
15
222,238
411,278
Invoice discounting facility
1,141,064
1,011,551
Trade creditors
115,222
148,304
Amounts owed to group undertakings
85,973
Taxation and social security
225,708
272,707
Other creditors
1,280,696
1,014,925
Accruals and deferred income
600,115
765,275
3,671,016
3,624,040
The liability due under the company invoice finance facility is secured against the book debt of the company as well as a debenture over the other assets of the company. The directors of the company have also provided limited personal guarantees to the company.
14
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
15
37,066
236,898
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
24
15
Loans and overdrafts
2024
2023
£
£
Bank loans
259,304
648,176
Payable within one year
222,238
411,278
Payable after one year
37,066
236,898
In 2022 the Company received a cash flow facility loan for £1,000,000 which is repayable over 3 years. Interest accrues on the loan at base rate plus 7.5%. The loan is secured on a floating charge over the undertaking and its assets, and a personal guarantee and indemnity from a director.
16
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
Assets
Assets
2024
2023
2024
2023
Balances:
£
£
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
5,113
13,526
-
-
Tax losses
-
-
61,089
-
5,113
13,526
61,089
-
2024
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 January 2024
13,526
Credit to profit or loss
(69,502)
Asset at 31 December 2024
(55,976)
The deferred tax asset set out above is expected to reverse within 12 months and relates to the utilisation of tax losses against future expected profits of the same period. The deferred tax liability set out above is expected to reverse in the future and relates to accelerated capital allowances that are expected to mature within the same period.
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
25
17
Retirement benefit schemes
2024
2023
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
126,614
140,043
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
18
Share-based payment transactions
Group share-based payments
The company participates in a group share based payment plan, and recognises and measures its share based payment expense on the basis of a reasonable allocation of the expense recognised for the group. The allocation is based on the number of employees benefiting from the share based payment plan employed by each group entity.
The charge recognised in the year was £nil (2023: £nil).
19
Share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of 0.01p each
14,800,000
14,800,000
1,480
1,480
The ordinary shares, which carry no right to fixed income, each carry the right to one vote at general meetings of the Company.
20
Operating lease commitments
Lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2024
2023
£
£
Within one year
299,621
322,947
Between two and five years
246,880
547,349
546,501
870,296
TwentyAI Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
26
21
Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of key management personnel is as follows.
2024
2023
£
£
Aggregate compensation
978,388
960,287
The following amounts were outstanding at the reporting end date:
2024
2023
Amounts due from related parties
£
£
TwentyAI Ecosystem LLC
805
786
Other information
The company has taken advantage of the exemption available under Section 33 of the Financial Reporting Standard 102 not to disclose transactions with other wholly-owned members of the group.
22
Ultimate controlling party
The company is wholly owned by TwentyAI Holdings Ltd a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the group financial statements are available to the public at Copthall House, 14-18 Copthall Avenue, London, United Kingdom, EC2R 7DJ. TwentyAI Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent company. Adrian Kinnersley is the ultimate controlling party.
TwentyAI Holdings Ltd prepares consolidated financial statement, in which this company's results are included. The consolidated financial statement are publicly available at Companies House.
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