2009 Buyout Track 100

Rank: 15   FiveTen Group

Private equity backers: Englefield Capital (70%), management (30%)

Named after the surface area of the Earth - 510m sq km - London-based FiveTen Group is a specialist recruitment company, created in a 2006 management buyout backed by Englefield Capital. It has expanded through a buy-and-build strategy, acquiring five specialist recruitment firms since the buyout. The firm supplies candidates to jobs within the IT, HR, legal, financial, marketing and telecoms sectors and has offices worldwide, including Sydney and Moscow. Profits have grown 76% a year from £2.7m in 2006 to £8.4m in 2008.

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Company facts

FiveTen Group
Recruitment agency
Company website

Profit growth75.69% pa
2008 profit‡£8.4m
2006 profit£2.7m
2008 staff510
Founded1976
Location of HQCentral London
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* = annualised figure
‡ = draft figure