RTC GROUP PLC
Company number 02558971 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
RTC Group Plc is a long-established AIM-listed niche staffing group whose hybrid engineering white-collar (ATA) and volume blue-collar (Barker Ross) model places it in the resilient but structurally thin-margin middle tier of the UK recruitment industry. Its current filings, 35-year survival record and founder-aligned ownership compare favourably with micro-cap sector norms, though its scale leaves it exposed to the April 2025 employer cost shocks and the ongoing attrition of small listed staffing firms. Overall, RTC is a credible niche survivor well-placed for engineering-led infrastructure demand, but constrained by micro-cap economics and heavy cyclical dependence on the UK labour market.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-11-15
- Registered office
- The Derby Conference Centre, London Road, Derby, DE24 8UX
- Postcode
- DE24 8UX
- Capital
- 14,543,707 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-10
- Next due by
- 2027-10-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 7 current · 23 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
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ATA SELECTION LIMITED Dissolved
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GLOBAL CHOICE RECRUITMENT LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8040657 (Tier 2), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- rtcgroupplc.co.uk
RTC Group Plc is an AIM listed Recruitment business. We focus on white and blue collar recruitment providing temporary, permanent … Continued
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ATA GROUP PLC | 2008-05-21 |
| THE TECHNICAL STAFF AGENCY LIMITED | 1996-04-30 |
Previous registered addresses 15
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| KINGSTON HOUSE OAKLANDS BUSINESS, PARK ARMSTRONG WAY YATE, BRISTOL, BS37 5NA | 2007-05-23 |
| 101A VICTORIA ROAD, SOUTH RUISLIP, HA4 9BN | 2007-04-18 |
| KINGSTON HOUSE, THE OAKLANDS BUSINES PARK, ARMSTRONG WAY YATE, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE BS37 5NA | 2007-03-31 |
| 500 AVEBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES, MK9 2BE | 2004-06-10 |
| KINGSTON HOUSE OAKLANDS BUSINESS, ARMSTRONG WAY, YATE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BS37 5NA | 2004-06-01 |
| 20 PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS2 8SJ | 2002-08-10 |
| PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS2 8SJ | 2002-08-10 |
| RTLAND HOUSE, 22-24 PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS2 8RZ | 1999-03-12 |
| PORTLAND HOUSE, 22-24 PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, BS2 8RZ | 1999-03-12 |
| 20 PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, AVON, BS2 8SJ | 1997-06-09 |
| PORTLAND SQUARE, BRISTOL, AVON, BS2 8SJ | 1997-06-09 |
| NNOX HOUSE, 3 PIERREPONT STREET, BATH, AVON BA1 1LB | 1992-01-22 |
| LENNOX HOUSE, 3 PIERREPONT STREET, BATH, AVON BA1 1LB | 1992-01-22 |
| KINGSMEAD SQUARE, BATH, AVON, BA1 2AB | 1991-12-18 |
| 11 KINGSMEAD SQUARE, BATH, AVON, BA1 2AB | 1991-12-18 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 263 similar companies in DE, trading since 1990
The class of 1990
46%
of the 409 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.