Company registration number 12846708 (England and Wales)
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1 - 2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 10
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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2025
2024
as restated
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
31,842
32,444
Investments
4
2,065
63
33,907
32,507
Current assets
Debtors
6
1,329,514
610,147
Cash at bank and in hand
68,683
62,358
1,398,197
672,505
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
7
(1,244,865)
(598,351)
Net current assets
153,332
74,154
Total assets less current liabilities
187,239
106,661
Provisions for liabilities
(7,547)
-
Net assets
179,692
106,661
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
8
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
179,592
106,561
Total equity
179,692
106,661
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2025
31 December 2025
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For the financial year ended 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The 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 profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on
22 September 2026
22 September 2026
and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr Christopher  Owen
Director
Company registration number 12846708 (England and Wales)
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Modern Edge Recruitment Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 13 Church Street, Oldbury, West Midlands, England, B69 3AD.

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 amounts 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.

The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated accounts, on the basis that the group of which this is the parent qualifies as a small group. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2
Prior period error

During the year the directors identified that an investment in subsidiary undertakings had not been recognised in prior periods. Accordingly, the comparative figures have been restated to recognise the investment at cost of £63. The adjustment increased fixed asset investments and total equity at 31 December 2024 by £63. There was no impact on the profit or loss account for the prior year.

1.3
Revenue

Revenue comprises sales of services to customers net of value added tax, less any discounts. The company recognises gross turnover where it engages the worker and performance obligations are satisfied, the temporary staff have completed work, approved timesheets are received or accrued, and the client has been invoiced or revenue is measurable. Revenue is recognised weekly or monthly based on hours worked.

1.4
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% reducing balance
Computers
25% 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.

1.5
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.

MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.6
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.

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’ 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.

MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.9
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 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.

MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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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.

1.11
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
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.

2
Employees

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

2025
2024
Number
Number
Total
23
14
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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3
Tangible fixed assets
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Total
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 January 2025
35,356
17,208
52,564
Additions
1,419
6,976
8,395
At 31 December 2025
36,775
24,184
60,959
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2025
14,149
5,971
20,120
Depreciation charged in the year
5,426
3,571
8,997
At 31 December 2025
19,575
9,542
29,117
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
17,200
14,642
31,842
At 31 December 2024
21,207
11,237
32,444
4
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
2,065
63
Movements in fixed asset investments
Shares in subsidiaries
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025
63
Additions
10,002
Disposals
(8,000)
At 31 December 2025
2,065
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025
2,065
At 31 December 2024
63
5
Subsidiaries

Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 December 2025 are as follows:

MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
5
Subsidiaries
(Continued)
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Name of undertaking
Registered office
Nature of business
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
Modern Edge Recruitment (Kidderminster) Ltd
England and Wales
Recruitment Agency
Ordinary
60.00
Modern Edge Recruitment (Wolverhampton) Ltd
England and Wales
Recruitment Agency
Ordinary
80.00
Modern Edge Recruitment (Coventry) Ltd
England and Wales
Non tradfing
Ordinary
100.00
The aggregate capital and reserves and the result for the year of the subsidiaries noted above was as follows:
Name of undertaking
Capital and Reserves
Profit/(Loss)
£
£
Modern Edge Recruitment (Kidderminster) Ltd
75,034
106,318
Modern Edge Recruitment (Wolverhampton) Ltd
39,549
167,846

The accounting year end of Modern Edge Recruitment (Coventry) Ltd is 31st October. No results are available as the first years accounts have not yet been prepared.

6
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
1,039,892
513,705
Amounts owed by group undertakings
76,257
28,585
Other debtors
213,365
67,857
1,329,514
610,147

The amount due from group undertakings relates to unsecured loans which is interest free and payable on demand.

 

Other debtors includes £205,365 (2024- £20,000) to connected parties and relates to unsecured loans which is interest free and repayable on demand.

7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
£
£
Bank loans and overdrafts
771,154
418,153
Trade creditors
1,046
-
0
Corporation tax
67,908
38,193
Other taxation and social security
190,362
91,902
Other creditors
214,395
50,103
1,244,865
598,351
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
7
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
(Continued)
- 9 -

Bank loans and overdrafts are secured by a charge against outstanding trade debtors.

 

The company operates an invoice discounting facility. Trade debtors subject to the arrangement remain included within trade debtors. Amounts advanced are included in creditors. At 31 December 2025 £771,154 was secured by fixed and floating charge over the company.

8
Called up share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary of £1 each
100
100
100
100
9
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, as follows:

2025
2024
£
£
Total commitments
107,927
-
0
10
Directors' transactions

During the year the directors were advanced £10,617. This was interest free and repaid in full before the year end.

11
Prior period adjustment
Reconciliation of changes in equity
The prior period adjustments do not give rise to any effect upon equity.
Reconciliation of changes in profit for the previous financial period
2024
£
Total adjustments
-
Profit as previously reported
106,654
Profit as adjusted
106,654
MODERN EDGE RECRUITMENT LTD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
11
Prior period adjustment
(Continued)
- 10 -
Notes to reconciliation
Prior period adjustments

During the year the directors identified that an investment in subsidiary undertakings had not been recognised in prior periods. Accordingly, the comparative figures have been restated to recognise the investment at cost of £63. The adjustment increased fixed asset investments and total equity at 31 December 2024 by £63. There was no impact on the profit or loss account for the prior year.

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