HANDLE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£1,196,995
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of recruitment and the provision of temporary personnel, providing leading entertainment companies, social networks, global media brands, sports bodies, retailers, and digital technology providers with a constantly evolving range of talent solutions.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1979-05-10
- Employees
- 189 (2024 accounts · was 246 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Ink Rooms Unit 3.01 25-37 Easton Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1X 0DS
- Postcode
- WC1X 0DS
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-20
- Next due by
- 2026-10-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78109 Other activities of employment placement agencies
- 78200 Temporary employment agency activities
Officers 2 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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HANDLE BEARING LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4794477 (Tier 2), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
15.7%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- handle.co.uk
- Phone
- 02075699947, 02075699987, 02075699978
Recruitment specialists for the UK’s creative industries, hiring across finance, sales, marketing, HR, legal, business support, event operations and creative teams.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HANDLE STAFF LIMITED | 1982-07-19 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 7 PORTMAN MEWS SOUTH, LONDON, W1H 6AY | 2017-03-10 |
| 55 LOUDOUN ROAD, SAINT JOHNS WOOD LONDON, NW8 0DL | 2010-10-01 |
| REGINA HOUSE, 124 FINCHLEY ROAD, LONDON, NW35JS | 2002-10-16 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 576 similar companies in WC
2nd largest employer among its local peers (189 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1979.
No.13 of the largest other activities of employment placement agencies companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 13 among other activities of employment placement agencies in London.
The class of 1979
49%
of the 8,388 companies incorporated in 1979 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.