Company
First People Recruitment Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Paul Graham Simpson 2013-2025 View profile
- Adele Louise Walker 2013-2025 View profile
- Mark Foster 2006-2025 View profile
- Edwin George Cooke 1998-2015 View profile
- Stephen Rodger 1992-2015 View profile
- John David Farrar 1991-2006 View profile
- Patricia Lucy Turner 1991-1992 View profile
- Sandra Bridle 2006 View profile
- Denise Cooke 1991-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/05/1991
Ownership
Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Mark Foster ceased 2016-04-06
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Paul Graham Simpson ceased 2016-04-06
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - FPR Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-07
Group
- First People Recruitment Limited
is controlled by Mark Foster
Evidence
ceased 50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mark Foster.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,890,247
- Total assets
- £1,939,263
- Cash
- £9,642
- Employees
- 737
- Turnover
- £16,299,558
- Profit/loss
- £420,405
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Robert John Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Terence Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Agnes Mary Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Nigel John Whittle Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Robert John Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Terence Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Agnes Mary Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Nigel John Whittle Director · appointed 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02615736
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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