FINANCIALS: AMS profits while Jobserve makes provisions
8 July 2013
Recruitment and resourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) saw profits double in the year 2012, while the year to 30 September 2012 was challenging – but not as much as bottom-line profit would suggest – for online recruitment services company Jobserve, according to results filed by the firms at Companies House.
Mon, 8 Jul 2013Recruitment and resourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) saw profits double in the year 2012, while the year to 30 September 2012 was challenging – but not as much as bottom-line profit would suggest – for online recruitment services company Jobserve, according to results filed by the firms at Companies House.
AMS
The firm registered a turnover of £533m, up from the £517.7m seen in 2011, with gross profit rising by a similar level, from £92.2m to £98.9m, as final profit after taxation leapt from £3.7m to £7.1m.
This continues the strong growth seen between 2010 and 2011.
AMS’s UK division has kept pace with the rest of the business, representing 89% of turnover in 2012, the same figure as last year. The Rest of Europe turnover figure shrunk by nearly a quarter, although profit before tax in the region rose by nearly a third.
Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific and North American divisions of the firm grew at a faster rate, now making up 3% and 1.8% of the group respectively, up from 1.7% and 1.1% in 2011.
The firm reports “significant [client] wins in the energy sector in Asia Pacific” and has also “broadening its relationship into new service lines with a number of its existing clients”.
Jobserve
Revenue of £11.6m was up by 0.5% on the previous year, and gross profit dropped by £129k to £7.8m.
The company saw an overall loss for the year of £3.1m, which follows profit of £2.9m in 2011.
The major driver of this was the company making “provision for losses on loans” of £6.7m in total, which includes £4.9m to Colchester United Football Club, and compares with £821k of expense in this category in 2011.
“It is therefore important to consider the operating profit before provisions for losses on loans,” which at £4.7m compares more favourably to 2011’s £5.1m, “which demonstrates the continuing profitability of the company’s core business”, the company’s results report notes.
AMS
The firm registered a turnover of £533m, up from the £517.7m seen in 2011, with gross profit rising by a similar level, from £92.2m to £98.9m, as final profit after taxation leapt from £3.7m to £7.1m.
This continues the strong growth seen between 2010 and 2011.
AMS’s UK division has kept pace with the rest of the business, representing 89% of turnover in 2012, the same figure as last year. The Rest of Europe turnover figure shrunk by nearly a quarter, although profit before tax in the region rose by nearly a third.
Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific and North American divisions of the firm grew at a faster rate, now making up 3% and 1.8% of the group respectively, up from 1.7% and 1.1% in 2011.
The firm reports “significant [client] wins in the energy sector in Asia Pacific” and has also “broadening its relationship into new service lines with a number of its existing clients”.
Jobserve
Revenue of £11.6m was up by 0.5% on the previous year, and gross profit dropped by £129k to £7.8m.
The company saw an overall loss for the year of £3.1m, which follows profit of £2.9m in 2011.
The major driver of this was the company making “provision for losses on loans” of £6.7m in total, which includes £4.9m to Colchester United Football Club, and compares with £821k of expense in this category in 2011.
“It is therefore important to consider the operating profit before provisions for losses on loans,” which at £4.7m compares more favourably to 2011’s £5.1m, “which demonstrates the continuing profitability of the company’s core business”, the company’s results report notes.
