Company registration number NI639684 (Northern Ireland)
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Company information
1
Strategic report
2 - 3
Director's report
4 - 5
Independent auditor's report
6 - 8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Balance sheet
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 22
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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Director
Mr J Doherty
Secretary
Mr J Doherty
Company number
NI639684
Registered office
25-27 New Row
Coleraine
Co Londonderry
BT52 1AD
Auditor
Moore (N.I.) LLP
30-32 Lodge Road
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1NB
Bankers
Close Brothers
10 Crown Place
London
EC2A 4FT
Danske Bank
22 The Diamond
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1DE
Metro Bank
One Southampton Row
London
WC1B 5HA
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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The director presents the strategic report for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Principal activities
The principal activity of the company is an employment agency.
Review of the business
the company's turnover and profit has increased during the year ended 31st July 2025. The director considers the results for the year to be satisfactory. The company will continue to seek every opportunity to increase profitable turnover.
Principal risks and uncertainties
The company's operations expose it to a variety of financial risks that include price risk, foreign exchange risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate cash flow risk. The company has in place a risk management programme that seeks to limit the adverse effects on the financial performance of the company by monitoring levels of debt finance and the related finance costs.
Given the size of the company, the directors have assumed responsibility for the monitoring of financial risk management.
Price risk
The company is exposed to commodity price risk as a result of its operations. However, given the size of the company's operations, the costs of managing exposure to commodity price risk exceed any potential benefits. The director will keep this policy under review having regard to the company's operations and any change in size or nature. The company has no exposure to equity securities price risk as it holds no listed or other equity investments.
Credit risk
The company is exposed to credit risk due to its policy of giving credit to customers. In these instances the company has implemented policies that require appropriate credit checks on potential customers before sales are made. The amount of exposure to individual customers is subject to a limit, which is reassessed regularly by the director.
Liquidity risk
The company actively maintains a mixture of long-term and short-term debt finance that is designed to ensure the company has sufficient available funds for operations and planned expansions.
Interest rate cash flow risk
The company has a policy of monitoring its debt finance to ensure certainty of future interest cash flows. The director will revisit this policy should the company's operations change in size or nature or otherwise be deemed necessary.
Key performance indicators
Formal internal management accounts are not prepared but monthly reports from the accounting system, Xero are reviewed each month by the company Finance manager. These reports are then reviewed and discussed with the managing director of the company These reports are analysed to assess the financial position of the company as a whole with the focus being on turnover, gross profit margin and net profit.
In monitoring performance, the director and management have regard to a range of key performance indicators (KPI's), including the following:
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Net profit (after tax) Gross profit margin
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RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
STRATEGIC REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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Mr J Doherty
Director
31 July 2026
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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The director presents his annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Results and dividends
The results for the year are set out on page 9.
No ordinary dividends were paid. The director does not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Director
The director who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements was as follows:
Mr J Doherty
Disabled persons
Applications for employment by disabled persons are always fully considered, bearing in mind the aptitudes of the applicant concerned. In the event of members of staff becoming disabled, every effort is made to ensure that their employment within the company continues and that the appropriate training is arranged. It is the policy of the company that the training, career development and promotion of disabled persons should, as far as possible, be identical to that of other employees.
Employee involvement
The company's policy is to consult and discuss with employees, through unions, staff councils and at meetings, matters likely to affect employees' interests.
Information about matters of concern to employees is given through information bulletins and reports which seek to achieve a common awareness on the part of all employees of the financial and economic factors affecting the company's performance.
There is no employee share scheme at present, but the directors are considering the introduction of such a scheme as a means of further encouraging the involvement of employees in the company's performance.
Auditor
Moore (N.I.) LLP were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of director's responsibilities
The director is responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has 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 director must not approve the financial statements unless he is 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 director is required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
DIRECTOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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The director is 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. He is 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.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
On behalf of the board
Mr J Doherty
Director
31 July 2026
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Rutledge Recruitment Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise the statement of comprehensive income, the balance sheet, 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 July 2025 and of its profit 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 director's 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 director 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 director is 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.
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 director's report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the director's report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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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 director's 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 director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of director
As explained more fully in the director's responsibilities statement, the director is 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 director determines 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 director is 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 director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has 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.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
The objectives of our audit in respect of fraud, are; to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses to those assessed risks; and to respond appropriately to instances of fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both management and those charged with governance of the company.
Based on our understanding of the company and its operating environment, we determined that the most significant frameworks which have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements are those related to the reporting framework (FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006) and the relevant tax compliance regulations. Compliance with these laws and regulations was assessed as part of our procedures.
Other laws and regulations of which non-compliance may have a material effect on the financial statements, eg through fines or litigation, were identified as employment law and health and safety. Our required procedures in this area are limited to inquiry of Directors and other management and inspection of any regulatory or legal correspondence. These limited procedures did not identify any actual or suspected non-compliance.
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, including evaluating management's incentives and opportunities to manage earnings or influence the reported results. From the results of our assessment, we determined that the principal risk of fraud related to posting inappropriate journal entries. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
TO THE MEMBERS OF RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (CONTINUED)
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Audit response to risks identified
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK) we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
We obtained an understanding of the company's internal control systems in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company's internal control.
We obtained an understanding of how the company complies with relevant laws and regulations by making enquiries of management and those charged with governance.
Enquiry of management, those charged with governance and the entity’s solicitors around actual and potential litigation and claims.
Enquiry of entity staff to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud
Reviewing minutes of management and directors meetings
Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
We test the completeness of sales to address the risk of fraud in revenue recognition.
Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
We communicated relevant laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members, and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
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 through collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal control.
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.
The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 were unaudited as the company was exempt from audit for that year.
The purpose of our audit work and to whom we owe our responsibilities
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.
Dr R I Peters Gallagher OBE FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Moore (N.I.) LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
30-32 Lodge Road
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1NB
31 July 2026
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
9,381,111
6,397,632
Cost of sales
(7,481,165)
(5,197,723)
Gross profit
1,899,946
1,199,909
Administrative expenses
(2,121,274)
(1,631,813)
Operating loss
4
(221,328)
(431,904)
Interest receivable and similar income
7
1,010,349
8,406
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(170)
(218)
Amounts written off related company loan
9
(208,800)
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Profit/(loss) before taxation
580,051
(423,716)
Tax on profit/(loss)
10
(12,483)
9,710
Profit/(loss) for the financial year
567,568
(414,006)
The profit and loss account has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
49,931
83,991
Investments
12
100
100
50,031
84,091
Current assets
Debtors
14
3,125,405
2,717,816
Cash at bank and in hand
558,223
154,477
3,683,628
2,872,293
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(2,943,234)
(2,725,177)
Net current assets
740,394
147,116
Total assets less current liabilities
790,425
231,207
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(20,833)
Provisions for liabilities
Deferred tax liability
18
12,483
(12,483)
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Net assets
777,942
210,374
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
777,842
210,274
Total equity
777,942
210,374
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 31 July 2026
Mr J Doherty
Director
Company registration number NI639684 (Northern Ireland)
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 August 2023
100
624,280
624,380
Year ended 31 July 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(414,006)
(414,006)
Balance at 31 July 2024
100
210,274
210,374
Year ended 31 July 2025:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
567,568
567,568
Balance at 31 July 2025
100
777,842
777,942
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Rutledge Recruitment Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office is 25-27 New Row, Coleraine, Co Londonderry, BT52 1AD.
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.
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 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 company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.
Rutledge Recruitment Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited and the results of Rutledge Recruitment Limited are included in the consolidated financial statements of Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited which are available from 25-27 New Row, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1AD
1.2
Turnover
Revenue comprises sales of goods or services provided to customers net of value added tax and other sales taxes, less an appropriate deduction for actual and expected returns and discounts. Revenue is recognised when performance obligations are satisfied and the control of goods or services is transferred to the buyer. Where the performance obligation is satisfied over time, revenue is recognised in accordance with its progress towards complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.
When cash inflows are deferred and represent a financing arrangement, the promised consideration is adjusted for the effects of the time value of money, which is recognised as interest income.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Revenue from contracts for the provision of professional services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion when the stage of completion, costs incurred and costs to complete can be estimated reliably. The stage of completion is calculated by comparing costs incurred, mainly in relation to contractual hourly staff rates and materials, as a proportion of total costs. Where the outcome cannot be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the extent of the expenses recognised that are recoverable.
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
20% straight line
Computers
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.
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.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
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.
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.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 balance sheet 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.
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.
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.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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 profit and loss account 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 profit and loss account, 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.
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.
1.12
Leases
As lessee
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.
1.13
Government grants
Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.
A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.14
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.
2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is 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.
3
Turnover and other revenue
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Employment agency fees
9,181,856
6,186,316
Permanent fees
76,142
77,971
Other income
123,113
133,345
9,381,111
6,397,632
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by geographical market
United Kingdom
9,381,111
6,397,632
2025
2024
£
£
Other revenue
Interest income
10,349
8,406
Dividends received
1,000,000
-
4
Operating loss
2025
2024
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
10,000
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
55,762
44,799
Operating lease charges
314,563
272,513
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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5
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Administrative staff
21
20
Temporary workers
378
288
Total
399
308
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
7,588,304
5,446,942
Social security costs
626,854
384,839
Pension costs
135,975
64,950
8,351,133
5,896,731
6
Director's remuneration
2025
2024
£
£
Company pension contributions to defined contribution schemes
60,000
-
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Interest income
Interest on bank deposits
1,888
176
Other interest income
8,461
8,230
Total interest revenue
10,349
8,406
Income from fixed asset investments
Income from shares in group undertakings
1,000,000
Total income
1,010,349
8,406
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Other interest
170
218
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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9
Amounts written off related company loans
2025
2024
£
£
Amounts written off current loans
(208,800)
-
10
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(8,515)
(9,710)
Adjustment in respect of prior periods
20,998
Total deferred tax
12,483
(9,710)
The actual charge/(credit) for the year can be reconciled to the expected charge/(credit) for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Profit/(loss) before taxation
580,051
(423,716)
Expected tax charge/(credit) based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25.00% (2024: 25.00%)
145,013
(105,929)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
2,693
14,340
Tax effect of income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(250,000)
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
83,209
Group relief
93,779
19,668
Deferred tax adjustments in respect of prior years
20,998
Deferred tax not recognised
(20,998)
Taxation charge/(credit) for the year
12,483
(9,710)
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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11
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 August 2024
24,455
221,446
245,901
Additions
6,862
14,840
21,702
At 31 July 2025
31,317
236,286
267,603
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 August 2024
5,861
156,049
161,910
Depreciation charged in the year
5,764
49,998
55,762
At 31 July 2025
11,625
206,047
217,672
Carrying amount
At 31 July 2025
19,692
30,239
49,931
At 31 July 2024
18,594
65,397
83,991
12
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
13
100
100
13
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 July 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Rutledge Training Limited
25-27 New Row, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1NB
Post-secondary, non-tertiary education
Ordinary shares
100.00
14
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,180,096
778,569
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,412,017
1,265,503
Other debtors
495,807
660,006
Prepayments and accrued income
37,485
13,738
3,125,405
2,717,816
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
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15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Bank loans
17
20,833
50,000
Trade creditors
85,368
87,111
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,939,107
1,971,316
Amounts owed to related undertakings
79,752
114,554
Taxation and social security
335,097
193,140
Other creditors
468,027
296,006
Accruals and deferred income
15,050
13,050
2,943,234
2,725,177
Close Invoice Finance Limited hold a fixed charge on non-vesting debts and all other debts.
Close Brothers Limited hold a floating charge on all the property and undertaking of the company.
16
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
17
20,833
17
Loans and overdrafts
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans
20,833
70,833
Payable within one year
20,833
50,000
Payable after one year
20,833
18
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company and movements thereon:
Liabilities
Liabilities
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Accelerated capital allowances
12,483
-
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
18
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
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2025
Movements in the year:
£
Liability at 1 August 2024
-
Charge to profit or loss
12,483
Liability at 31 July 2025
12,483
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes
135,975
64,950
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.
20
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
21
Operating lease commitments
As 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:
2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
536,877
536,877
Years 2-5
350,541
473,054
After 5 years
593,972
633,973
1,481,390
1,643,904
22
Related party transactions
Transactions with related parties
During the year the company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025
22
Related party transactions
(Continued)
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During the year the company incurred rental charges of £120,612 (2024: £108,333) from a property business owned by the director. At the year end £9,400 was owed to the company (2024: £10,833 owed by the company) by this business.
Also during the year the company charged rent, rates and utilities totalling £23,436 (2024: £23,436) and recharged salary costs of £100,331 (2024: £106,945) to a company controlled by the director. A bad debt provision was made for amounts totalling £197,821 owed to the company by this related company. At the year end the amount net of bad debt provision owed to Rutledge Recruitment Limited by this company and included in trade debtors was £NIL (2024: £147,066). Also during the year an amount of £208,800 was written off a separate balance owed to Rutledge Recruitment Limited by this company. The amount due at the year end in this respect was £NIL (2024: £204,537).
At the year end the company owed £79,752 (2024: £114,554) to another company controlled by the director.
At the year end the company was owed £378,934 (2024: £381,622) by the director.
Other information
The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 Section 33.1A from disclosing transactions with other members of the group as it is a wholly owned subsidiary.
23
Ultimate controlling party
The company's parent undertaking is Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office of Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited is 25-27 New Row, Coleraine, BT52 1AD. Rutledge Training & Recruitment Limited is the smallest and largest group of which this company is a member and for which consolidated financial statements are prepared. These financial statements are available from Companies House.
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