SANCTUARY PERSONNEL LIMITED
Company number 05972910 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Sanctuary Personnel Limited presents a financially stable operation with strong profitability and a solid net asset base, operating in a structurally resilient sector. However, the company faces medium-term risks stemming from its reliance on invoice discounting to manage public-sector payment cycles and the implementation of IR35 off-payroll rules, which threaten to compress already-thin gross margins. The presence of a private-equity-style holding company (Septinuary Bidco Limited) as the ultimate controlling party warrants further scrutiny regarding potential inter-company financial obligations.
Shareholders' funds
£4,343,826
Balance sheet as at 2019-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-10-20
- Registered office
- 15 Friars Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP1 1TD
- Postcode
- IP1 1TD
- Capital
- 1,122 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-02
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-29
- Next due by
- 2027-07-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78200 Temporary employment agency activities
Officers 2 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
Controlled by SEPTINUARY BIDCO LIMITED — since 2023-04-04
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INNOVATE THERAPEUTIC CARE LIMITED Dissolved
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SANCTUARY HEALTH LIMITED Dissolved
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SANCTUARY PERSONNEL II LIMITED Active - Proposal to Strike off
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SANCTUARY RECRUITMENT MARKETING LIMITED Dissolved
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SANCTUARY SOCIAL CARE LIMITED Dissolved
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SKYLAKES SOCIAL WORK LTD Dissolved
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TESSELLATE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 14
£272,434,871 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 14.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9687069 (Tier 2), registered since 2006.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
18.8%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- sanctuarypersonnel.uk
Find top roles in social work, healthcare & criminal justice. Sanctuary Personnel connects skilled professionals with trusted employers across the UK
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 FRIARS STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP1 1TD, ENGLAND | 2016-06-29 |
| NEPTUNE MARINA 27 NEPTUNE QUAY, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP4 1QJ | 2016-06-23 |
| CHAPMANS WAREHOUSE, NEPTUNE QUAY, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP4 1AX | 2011-10-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 100 similar companies in IP
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2006.
No.2 of the largest temporary employment agency activities companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 2 among temporary employment agency activities in Ipswich.
The class of 2006
17%
of the 762 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 80% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.