Katie Bard

What Katie Bard does

Katie Bard is a Birmingham-headquartered specialist recruitment consultancy, operating as a trading brand of Kam Vara Consulting Limited and Enterprise Consultants Limited within the Angela Mortimer Group, which was founded in 1976 by John and Angela Mortimer. The firm specialises in permanent, temporary, and contract placements for business support and graduate-level roles, including executive assistants, PAs, office managers, receptionists, and administrative staff, across the West Midlands and wider UK. It also operates a dedicated legal recruitment division, Katie Bard Legal, focused on legal secretaries, paralegals, and legal PAs in law firms and in-house legal departments.

The business model is a service-based consultancy with no proprietary technology platform beyond an internal candidate portal. Revenue is generated through three streams: permanent placement fees (transaction-based), temporary and contract staffing (employment business model with payroll handling), and payroll services offered to clients. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based, negotiated per engagement, with no publicly disclosed rate cards. Customer acquisition combines direct field sales via account managers who visit client sites, an online CV submission portal, and content marketing through the firm's blog and LinkedIn presence.

Katie Bard serves a diversified client base ranging from SMEs to large international organisations across business support, legal, property and construction, and financial services segments. The broader Angela Mortimer Group operates multiple sub-brands (PA Search, Pathfinders, Design Studio People, Knightsbridge, Progressis in Paris, Excel Careers in Brussels) and claims a presence in the UK, Europe, US, South America, and Asia, giving Katie Bard access to a shared candidate pool and cross-brand distribution. The firm cites a placement success rate of 1 in 2 against an industry average of 1 in 8, reflecting its relationship-driven, consultative approach rather than any algorithmic matching capability.

Name

Katie Bard

Legal name

Kam Vara Consulting Limited Trading as Katie Bard

Website

https://katiebard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Katie Bard is a Birmingham-based specialist recruitment consultancy placing permanent, temporary, and contract business support and graduate-level staff for SMEs and large international organisations, operating as part of the Angela Mortimer Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services / Staffing

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Agent of Record (AOR) / Contractor Engagement Services (BPACAGAB)

Keywords

• Permanent recruitment services
• Temporary staffing solutions
• Business support recruitment
• Graduate recruitment
• Legal recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Fees: Katie Bard charges clients for permanent recruitment services when successfully placing candidates in permanent roles. They act as an employment agency for fixed term contracts and permanent positions.
2. Temporary/Contract Staffing: Katie Bard operates as an employment business for temporary positions, locum work, and part-time roles where there is no contract of employment with the client. They handle payroll services for temporary workers.
3. Payroll Services: Additional service offering where Katie Bard processes payroll for clients, providing an additional revenue stream alongside recruitment placement fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Katie Bard is a UK-based specialist recruitment consultancy that places permanent, temporary, and contract candidates into business support, graduate, and legal roles. The firm provides end-to-end hiring services — from role definition and candidate sourcing through interview coordination and onboarding support — to employers across multiple sectors, with a particular focus on the Midlands and London markets.

Product overview

Katie Bard is a Birmingham-based recruitment consultancy operating as part of the Angela Mortimer Group (established 1976). The core offering is Katie Bard Recruitment Services, which provides permanent, temporary, and contract placement for business support and graduate-level roles across UK industry sectors. The company also operates Katie Bard Legal as a specialist legal recruitment division. Beyond Katie Bard, the broader group includes multiple sub-brands: PA Search (executive assistant specialists), Angela Mortimer (London-based consultancy), AM CityGrad and Angela Mortimer HR (graduate recruitment), Design Studio People and Pathfinders (creative and marketing), Knightsbridge Recruitment and Household (corporate and domestic staff), Angela Mortimer International and Progressis/Excel Careers (European multilingual recruitment). Supplementary services include payroll, market insights, outplacement support, and training.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Katie Bard Legal: Based in the West Midlands specialising in legal recruitment
• Angela Mortimer
• Angela Mortimer International
• PA Search
• Pathfinders
• Progressis
• Excel Careers

Products and services

• Permanent Recruitment End-to-end permanent placement service for business support, graduate, and legal roles across the UK. Recruiters source, screen, and shortlist candidates on behalf of hiring organisations, managing the process through to offer and onboarding.
• Temporary and Contract Staffing Provision of temporary and contract candidates to cover short-term absences, project work, or seasonal peaks in business support, graduate, and legal functions. Includes payroll administration for the placed workers.
• Graduate Recruitment Specialist placement of graduates and entry-level talent into business support and administrative roles, primarily across Midlands and London-based employers.
• Legal Recruitment Recruitment of legal support staff including paralegals, legal secretaries, legal PAs, and business support roles within UK law firms and in-house legal departments.
• Payroll Services Outsourced payroll administration for temporary and contract candidates placed by Katie Bard, handling PAYE, tax, and compliance on behalf of the hiring organisation.
• Market Insights and Salary Benchmarking Advisory add-on providing clients with market salary data, hiring trends, and benchmarking insight for business support and graduate roles, supporting compensation decisions and role scoping.
• Outplacement Services Career transition support for employees leaving organisations, including CV advice, interview coaching, and job search assistance.
• Training Programmes Recruiter-delivered training for candidates and clients covering topics such as interview preparation, CV writing, and professional development for business support professionals.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Angela Mortimer GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1976Katie Bard is a trading brand of the Angela Mortimer Group, established in 1976. The group has expanded through organic growth and acquisition, operating multiple brands including Katie Bard, Angela Mortimer, PA Search, Pathfinders, Design Studio People, Knightsbridge Recruitment, Excel Careers (Brussels), and Progressis (Paris). Each client and candidate has access to the pool of expertise across the entire group.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Office Angels: UK recruitment agency specializing in office support, secretarial, and administrative placements, directly competing with Katie Bard in the business support segment across the UK.
• TPP Recruitment: UK recruitment firm placing admin, PA, and support staff across the not-for-profit, public, and private sectors, sharing a similar candidate pool and client base with Katie Bard.
• Love Success: London-based recruitment consultancy specializing in PAs, EAs, and business support professionals, directly competing with the PA Search and Katie Bard brands in the executive assistant niche.
• Ashley Kate: UK-based specialist recruitment firm focused on business support, HR, and office professional roles, with overlapping customer segments and similar consultative placement model to Katie Bard.

Broad incumbents

• Reed: Largest UK-domestic recruitment firm with broad coverage including office support, admin, and graduate roles, operating at much greater scale than Katie Bard in overlapping categories.
• Morgan McKinley: UK and international recruitment firm placing office support, PA/EA, and finance professionals, with overlapping customer base and similar specialist recruitment approach to Katie Bard.
• PageGroup (Michael Page & Page Personnel): Global recruitment group with a dedicated Page Personnel brand for admin/secretarial/office support, competing with Katie Bard in the UK business support segment as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Adecco UK: UK arm of a global staffing leader with significant office support, admin, and temporary/contract placement operations, competing with Katie Bard in temporary/contract staffing services.
• Robert Half: Global staffing firm with UK operations placing office support, administrative, and finance professionals, overlapping with Katie Bard's core customer segments but at significantly larger scale.
• Hays: Global recruitment group with UK operations covering office support, secretarial, and admin roles, competing broadly with Katie Bard in the West Midlands and other UK regions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/katie-bard
• Xx.com/KatieBard_Jobs
• Facebookfacebook.com/100071381492056

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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