RTC Group plc
RTC Group Plc is an AIM-listed recruitment business ('Connecting business and career ambitions') providing temporary and permanent white- and blue-collar labour. Its UK division operates through the Ganymede brand (rail, energy/utilities, manufacturing/engineering, water/environment, transportation, highways, construction) and the ATA brand (manufacturing/engineering technical recruitment), while its International division (GSS) provides contract and permanent staffing for overseas projects in sectors such as defence/NATO support, often in hostile or remote locations. The Group is headquartered at the Derby Conference Centre (DCC), which also generates rental and conferencing income from space not used by the Group.
FY2025 in sixty seconds
year to 31 Dec 2025 · approved 20 Mar 2026 · 69 pages · Companies House
RTC Group supplies temporary and permanent staff to industries such as rail, energy and water, in the UK and abroad. In 2025 its revenue slipped to £95.5m from £96.8m. Profit before tax was £2.5m, the same as the year before.
The report says higher employer's National Insurance and minimum wage costs held profit back. Without them, it says, profit would have grown by about 10%. The company made fewer permanent placements, which earn more per hire, but this was offset by growth in temporary and contract work. The overseas arm shrank after some contracts ended.
Cash at the year end rose to £3.9m from £934k, and the group has no borrowings apart from leases. It spent £851k buying back its own shares and raised the dividend for the year to 6.71p from 6.1p. Management says 2026 has started positively but warns that the UK jobs market appears to be stagnating. The auditor's opinion is clean, with no doubt raised about the company's ability to keep trading.
Shift from permanent to contract/temporary placements amid a soft UK permanent recruitment market
White-collar ATA/Ganymede permanent activity fell 14% like-for-like in 2025, offset by 9% YoY growth in contract/temporary revenue and gross profit
page 5Employer's NI and National Minimum Wage increases (2024 Budget)
Group absorbed higher employment costs; on a constant-cost (2024 NI) basis profit would have grown ~10%
page 4Despite these challenging market conditions, 2026 has started positively and the underlying drivers of demand, especially across our infrastructure focused business, remain strong.
page 7Progressive dividend policy. Interim dividend of 1.21p (2024: 1.1p) paid in year; final dividend for 2024 of 5.0p paid in year; proposed final dividend for 2025 of 5.5p (total 6.71p for the year, 2024: 6.10p), to be paid 26 June 2026 to shareholders registered 29 May 2026, not accrued at year end. Yield of 6.9% based on 31 Dec 2025 share price of 97.0p. If approved, total dividends returned over 2023-2025 will reach £2.4m.
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