Company registration number 04857483 (England and Wales)
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Unaudited financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2025
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Contents
Page
Statement of financial position
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 7
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Statement of financial position
As at 30 June 2025
30 June 2025
- 1 -
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
13,305
17,875
Investments
4
2
2
13,307
17,877
Current assets
Debtors
5
258,410
432,131
Cash at bank and in hand
791,670
765,114
1,050,080
1,197,245
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(131,997)
(223,059)
Net current assets
918,083
974,186
Total assets less current liabilities
931,390
992,063
Provisions for liabilities
(1,400)
(2,100)
Net assets
929,990
989,963
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
200
200
Share premium account
13,560
13,560
Capital redemption reserve
25
25
Profit and loss reserves
916,205
976,178
Total equity
929,990
989,963
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Statement of financial position (continued)
As at 30 June 2025
30 June 2025
- 2 -

For the financial year ended 30 June 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

T he members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The directors of the company have elected not to include a copy of the income statement within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 7 November 2025 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr C G Halpin
Director
Company registration number 04857483 (England and Wales)
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2025
- 3 -
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Circle Group Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is The Glades, Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 5SQ.

1.1
Basis of preparation

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 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary a mounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Turnover

Turnover is recognised at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods and 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.

1.3
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
25% on reducing balance
Computers
33% on reducing balance

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.

1.4
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

1.5
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible 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.

Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 June 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 4 -

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.

1.6
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.

1.7
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ 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 and cash and bank balances, 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.

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.

Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 June 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 5 -
Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans 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 paymen ts 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. A m ounts 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.

1.8
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.

1.9
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. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. 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.

Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 June 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
- 6 -
1.10
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.

1.11
Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

2
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
11
17
3
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 July 2024
76,331
112,763
189,094
Additions
-
0
1,170
1,170
At 30 June 2025
76,331
113,933
190,264
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 July 2024
71,212
100,007
171,219
Depreciation charged in the year
1,284
4,456
5,740
At 30 June 2025
72,496
104,463
176,959
Carrying amount
At 30 June 2025
3,835
9,470
13,305
At 30 June 2024
5,119
12,756
17,875
Circle Group Ltd
Trading as Circle Recruitment
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 30 June 2025
- 7 -
4
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
2
2
5
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
225,648
401,314
Other debtors
32,762
30,817
258,410
432,131
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Trade creditors
47,965
46,599
Taxation and social security
52,800
91,229
Other creditors
31,232
85,231
131,997
223,059

7
Directors' transactions
Advances
% Rate
Opening balance
Amounts repaid
Closing balance
£
£
£
Jonathan Brass
2.25
7,798
(1,750)
6,048
Matthew Leach
2.25
6,780
-
6,780
14,578
(1,750)
12,828
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