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RTC Group PLC on Monday said its annual results were ‘outstanding’ in light of the ‘background of rising costs’, particularly increased national insurance contributions. The London-based recruitment company reported pretax profit of £2.49 million for 2025, down 2.1% from £2.55 million in 2024. Revenue decreased by 1.3% to £95.5 million from £96.8 million. RTC proposed a 5.5 pence per share final dividend, up 10% from 5.0p. This would, if approved, bring the total payout for the year to 6.71p, up 10% from 6.10p. ‘I am delighted to report that despite a significantly challenging year for the UK economy, and particularly the recruitment sector, our group delivered an extremely robust set of results in 2025,’ commented Chair & Chief Executive Andy Pendlebury. ‘Against a background of rising costs...and subdued confidence across many sectors of the economy, we successfully equalled our record profit before tax in 2024 £2.5m. ‘This, given we had to absorb such a large increase in [employers’ national insurance] contributions is, I believe, an outstanding outcome for the group and its shareholders.’ Despite the ‘challenging market conditions,’ RTC said that ‘2026 has started positively and the underlying drivers of demand, especially across our infrastructure focused business, remain strong...we have the collective capability to achieve significant long-term growth as the UK prepares to invest over £700bn in wide ranging multi sector infrastructure programmes.’ RTC shares rose 6.1% to 114.00p each on Monday afternoon in London. Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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