MACH RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Company number 06409589 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mach Recruitment is a substantial player in the UK blue-collar temporary staffing market, with £243m revenue positioning it in the upper tier of privately-held operators. Its compliance-first model and scale provide meaningful differentiation in a fragmented, margin-compressed sector, though operating margins of 2.00% remain at the lower end of acceptable sector norms and are declining. The company faces structural headwinds from minimum wage escalation and client cost pressure, but its strategic pivot toward higher-margin contracts, cross-selling, and technology-enabled efficiency gains represents a coherent response to these challenges. Cash reserves are thin relative to the payroll funding cycle, making banking relationships and debtor quality critical risk factors.
Shareholders' funds
£7,366,023
Balance sheet as at 2026-02-01
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a recruitment agency, supplying temporary staff into the food, logistics, e-commerce, manufacturing and automotive sector businesses.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-10-25
- Employees
- 9271 (2026 accounts · was 8756 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 5 Carlton Court, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 6LT
- Postcode
- LS12 6LT
- Capital
- 400 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-02-01
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-04
- Next due by
- 2027-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78200 Temporary employment agency activities
Officers 6 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by TORYEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2019-09-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2414510 (Tier 3), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0.55%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- mach.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 DUKE STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD1 3QS | 2013-04-18 |
| MISS JOANNE MCEVOY, 1 MILTON, TERRACE, YEADON, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE LS19 7JF | 2007-11-14 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 117 similar companies in LS
The largest employer among its local peers (9271 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2007.
No.1 of the largest temporary employment agency activities companies in Leeds →
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 1 among temporary employment agency activities in Leeds.
The class of 2007
17%
of the 806 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 81% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.