• Mr Mark Richard Brown
Correspondence address:
Date of birth: February 1973
Nationality: British
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: CEO & Owner
Nature of control:
Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%

• Mrs Luana Brown
Correspondence address: 462 Hale Road, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, WA15 8XT
Date of birth: August 1975
Nationality: Italian
Country of Residence: England
Occupation: Co-Owner & Director
Nature of control:
Ownership of shares – More than 25% but not more than 50%
Directors:

Francis Joseph Dunleavy
Correspondence address: 4 Spruce Crescent, Bury, Lancashire, England, BL9 6QW
Date of Birth: December 1967
Nationality: Irish
Country of Residence: England
Occupation: Operations Director (currently based in Singapore)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisdunleavy/?originalSubdomain=uk

• Matthew Donald Wells
Correspondence address: Kb House, 4 Scott Drive, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, WA15 8AB
Date of Birth: May 1978
Nationality: British
Country of Residence: England
Occupation: Financial Director

• Group is based in UK
• Operations in Abu Dhabi, Europe (UK), Kurdistan and Singapore

Subsidiaries:

• Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (Singapore) Pte.Ltd. Proportion held: 100%

Country of incorporation: Singapore

• Middle East Worldwide Human Resource Services LLC

Proportion held: 49% (51% is held by Sumaco Manpower recruitment Company LLC)

Country of incorporation: Abu Dhabi

Partnerships:

• DRG Outsourcing – one of South Africa’s longest- standing Total Solution Human Resource Management companies.
• SPS Oilfield Services – to offer services to clients in Malaysia and elsewhere within South East Asia.

Worldwide Recruitment Solutions Limited Statement of Capital:

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 200
Aggregate nominal value: 2
Amount unpaid per share: 0.01
Prescribed Particulars:
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up rights): They do not confer any rights or redemption.

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: B ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 5000
Aggregate nominal value: 50
Amount unpaid per share: 0.01
Prescribed Particulars:
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up rights): They do not confer any rights or redemption.

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: C ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 2323
Aggregate nominal value: 23.23
Amount unpaid per share: 0.01
Prescribed Particulars:
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up rights): They do not confer any rights or redemption.

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: D ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 2550
Aggregate nominal value: 25.5
Amount unpaid per share: 0.01
Prescribed Particulars:
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up rights): They do not confer any rights or redemption.

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)
Class of Shares: E ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 2677
Aggregate nominal value: 26.77
Amount unpaid per share: 0.01
Prescribed Particulars:
The shares have attached to them full voting, dividend and capital distribution (including on winding up rights): They do not confer any rights or redemption.

• Statement of Capital (Total)
Currency: GBP
Total Number of shares: 12750
Total Aggregate nominal value: 127.5
Total aggregate amount unpaid: 0

• Full Details of Shareholders

Shareholding 1: The person holds, directly or indirectly, more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares in the company as at the date of this confirmation statement (06/04/2016, but no further updates have been published ever since)
Name: Mark Richard Brown

Shareholding 2: The person holds, directly or indirectly, more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares in the company as at the date of this confirmation statement (06/04/2016, but no further updates have been published ever since)
Name: Luana Brown

Strategic goals & decisions:

The Group is continuing to build critical mass across its core sectors of maritime, energy and mining. The business established a presence in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, to facilitate the provision of contractor services to clients in the region.

Liquidity of the business remains sufficient. The directors continue to explore additional funding options, to ensure that the business has sufficient liquidity to facilitate the increased trading activity, particularly in new geographical regions.

The business is now benefiting from a period of increased activity in the energy sector, however, the directors are aware that the business is not immune from economic events.

Impact of Brexit
Although there is an appreciation that there is a level of uncertainty associated with this, no significant direct implications are expected. In mitigation of the risk, the group has incorporated a subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland to facilitate continuing trade with European Union based clients.

Future Withdrawal of the UK Construction market to devote more energy to its core sectors.

Ambitions

• To be recognised as the ‘go-to’ recruitment company by their clients and candidates
• To exceed service delivery expectations to the benefit of our clients, candidates stakeholders and employees
• Geographical Expansion mainly on an international level.

Customers’ industries

• Energy industry
• Maritime industry (shipping)
• Mining industry
• Commodities and Trading industry
• Construction industry

Customer Examples

BDP
CEO: John McManus
Chair: Chris Harding

Customer Reviews

“It’s been 5 years since I started working as a consultant with WRS on 2 different projects: Yemen (an oil and gas super major, as a Drilling Supervisor) and Argentina (as a Senior Drilling Supervisor for the same company). In March 2012, it was the first time I tried to make “business” with an overseas recruiter. I will not lie, I was really cautious. But within minutes of speaking with Chris Morton-Collings (who contacted me and remained my point of contact), I received from him that “good vibe” and confidence that convinced me to begin working with Chris and WRS. My confidence in Chris and WRS proved sound. WRS tried to get the best for me. They are clear in what they want from me as a consultancy and what they can offer me. The support, but logistical and HR, is great no matter the or place, at WRS. I had no problems with contracts, travel, or payments. Everything was in time. I would firmly recommend WRS as a recruitment consultant firm.”

– Senior Drilling and Completion Supervisor, Oil and Gas Supermajor (2017)

“Andrew has taken time to thoroughly understand the people, values, working environment and business needs of BDP at the same time as establishing a personal trust with me and key members of our management team. A strong relationship that has been beneficial to both parties. Andrew is always professional in his approach, has a good understanding of the building services industry (he attended a number of CIBSE NW events during my 3 year tenure as chairman of that organisation and no doubt continues to do so) and a strong network of contacts and relationships. I look forward to working closely with Andrew and his team for many more years to come.”

– Robert Ferry Engineering Director, BDP

• To fully understand their customer’s needs
• To deliver recruitment services with transparency, equality and consistency
• To source people who suit their client’s qualification requirements and their company’s individual culture
• To save their client’s time and money by reducing their time-to-hire and easing the pressure on their team
• To deliver safety and security in everything they do

The average number of employees in the group was:

2018 – 63 employees (2017:64)

Sales: 47 Employees
Administrative: 12 employees
Management: 4 employees

The average number of employees in the group was:

Benefits:

• Defined contribution pension scheme administered by an independent pensions provider
• Monthly McDonald’s breakfast
• Regular all staff nights out
• Flexitime (Flexible working hours)
• Couple extra days annual leave
• 2x staff holidays a year (usually a short distance one and long haul one)
• £50k club
• Monthly club lunches
• Transparent commission scheme
• Cinema tickets
• Staff trips
• Sports events
• Charity events
• Casual dress code
• Open-door management policy
• Recognition of good work & collaboration
• Quarterly company meetings keeping employees up to date with company figures
• Bright Sparks Training programme continued development
• Team support network with freedom for employees to build their own business
• Kitchen facility available
• Free parking

Staff costs (including directors) comprise the following:

2018– £3,316,882

Wages and salaries: £3,053,359
Social security: £240,501
Cost of Defined contribution scheme: £23,022

Remuneration in respect of directors:

2018 – 220,691

Directors’ Emoluments: 219,799
Pension contributions to money purchase pension scheme: 892

Employee Reviews on Indeed

Overall Rating: 3.6/5 (37 reviews)

Analytical Rating:

• Work-life Balance: 3.7/5
• Pay & Benefits: 3.5/5
• Job security & advancement: 3.1/5
• Management: 3.4/5
• Culture: 3.3/5

Labourer (Former Employee) – Blackpool, Lancashire – 4 October 2019 (3/5)
“Ok
The job I had was good rate of pay and it was good to work for the company however they failed to keep the work flow going and I was left to feel letdown”

Cleaner (part-time) (Current Employee) – Manchester, Greater Manchester – 7 March 2018 (2/5)
“Fun place to work
I clean office areas, toilets and corridors , I want to be more productive and find something more busy and friendly to work I. To get more skills and achieve the best of my ability”

Pros
Clean place

Cons
Busy

Employee Reviews on Glassdoor:

Overall Rating: 3.5/5 (34 reviews)

Current Employee – Recruiter in Manchester, England (1/5)-May 2020
“Stay away”
Doesn’t Recommend
Negative Outlook
Disapproves of CEO
“I have been working at Worldwide Recruitment Solutions full-time”

Pros
“None that I can think of”

Cons
“Everything. Very cliquey, management are a joke.”

Current Employee – Consultant (5/5)-June 2019
“The best company I’ve had the pleasure of working for.”
Recommends
Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
I have been working at Worldwide Recruitment Solutions full-time for less than a year

Pros
“Great opportunities and commission scheme. Rewards and incentives. Great in-house L&D programme. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Support from colleges to CEO is amazing especially with their open door policy. Career progression is clearly laid out for those that want it and overall it’s a pleasure to come to work.”

Cons
“Not any in my opinion. Couldn’t be happier with my role, responsibilities and planned career progression. Environment is great and even small details like our health and well being are priority to the company.”

Advice to Management
“Keep doing what you’re doing!”

• Specialist consultants focusing on specific disciplines and regions
• Multi-lingual support in over 20 languages
• Bespoke solutions based on their clients’ qualification requirements and company’s individual culture – not ‘one size fits all’ recruitment
• Saving clients’ time and money by reducing the time-to-hire and easing the pressure on their internal team

Annual Report

Locations

• UK Head Office
  Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) Ltd
  KB House
  Juniper Court
  4 Scott Drive
  Altrincham
  Cheshire WA15 8AB
  United Kingdom
• Singapore
  Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) Pte Ltd
  26A Circular Road
  Singapore
  049382
• United Arab Emirates
  Mudhaffar Bin Mohamed Al Amri Building
  2nd Floor Office 202
  Al Salam Street
  Abu Dhabi
  United Arab Emirates
• Kurdistan, Iraq
  Park View
  Building D (Dream)
  Floor 19
  Number 158
  Erbil
• USA
  5100 Westheimer Road
  Suite 200
  Houston
  Texas
  United States of America
• South Africa
  (Through partnership with DRG Outsourcing)
  Suite 3
  2A Jan Smuts Avenue
  Durban
  3603
  South Africa
• Malaysia
  (Through partnership with SPS Oilfield Services)
  Suite 13.1A, Level 13
  Menara Great Eastern
  No. 303, Jalan Ampang
  50450 Kuala Lumpur
  Malaysia

Social Media

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
LinkedIn

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Competitors List (alphabetical order)
Criterion: Industry subcategory, Company Size and Product

Competitors in the Maritime Recruitment Sector:

Clyde Marine Recruitment Limited (parent company Marine Holdings Limited)
Employee count: 11-50 based on their LinkedIn Profile, section “About”)

Viking Maritime Group
Employee Count: 46:9 month period ended 31st Dec.2018

Competitors in more than one sectors

Brunel International UK Ltd (oil and gas industry)
Employee Count: 14:2018 (they probably have an additional workforce of temporary employment)

Hays Plc
Hays could compete for WRS in the construction, engineering and technology sectors
Employee Count: 4,027:2019 (UK & Ireland)

Petroplan Europe Limited
Petroplan covers oil, gas and energy industries.
Employee Count:53:2018

TRS Staffing Solutions Limited
Employee Count:65:2018