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Top 25 Clinical trial recruiting companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 180 clinical trial recruiting companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 7,183 professional contacts across them, including 2,956 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers clinical trial recruiting companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest clinical trial recruiting companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 180 clinical trial recruiting companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to clinical trial recruiting companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,0001,197 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Expanding on their combined 50-year history, Perceptive provides best-in-class specialist support to global pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical research organizations, spanning…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 20261,001-5,000452 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Calyx and Invicro are now Perceptive!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026501-1,000387 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Phastar is an award-winning specialist biometrics and data science CRO, trusted by pharma, biotech, and medical device companies worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Strong evidenceBlackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500333 contacts →

Strong evidence

“MAC Clinical Research is a leading full-service, global Contract Research Organisation (CRO) with over 30 years of experience in clinical trial management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500321 contacts →

Strong evidence

“At WEP Clinical, we operate as a specialist CRO with a proven track record of excellence in designing, managing, and executing Clinical Trials, Expanded Access Programs (EAPs)…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Indirect evidenceMerthyr Tydfil, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026201-500312 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our passion for improving patients’ lives motivates us to apply our skills, experience, and knowledge to advance medicine.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Strong evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026501-1,000282 contacts →

Strong evidence

“FutureMeds is an independent, fully-owned European Site Network and DCT service provider dedicated to running patient-centric clinical trials and delivering quality data for the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200214 contacts →

Partial evidence

“hVIVO plc (Ticker: HVO) is a science‑led early‑phase drug development company purpose‑built to meet the growing complexity of modern clinical research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Partial evidenceMacclesfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200208 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Illingworth Research Group™, a Syneos Health® company, is a leading provider of clinical research home health services, providing highly trained, qualified and experienced…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200198 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Richmond, we're on a mission to transform healthcare by delivering faster answers and turning hope into tangible solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Strong evidenceBracknell, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200139 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We’re on a mission to make life better for patients taking part in clinical trials around the world-and for the caregivers who support them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026501-1,000136 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Clintec, an IQVIA company, is an innovative, medium-sized, global Contract Research Organization providing global full and functional service support to the pharmaceutical…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Partial evidencePreston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-50127 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Panthera is an independent SMO working with pharmaceutical and contract research organizations to find the right patient, for the right trial, at the right time through the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20097 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Medicines Evaluation Unit (MEU) Ltd, an IQVIA business, is one of the UK’s leading contract research organisations, a facility where commitment to excellence is paramount.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Partial evidenceLetchworth Garden City, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20095 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Innovative Trials was built around a simple belief, patient recruitment works better when people feel supported.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GRC Health specialises in patient-centred research for all stages of product development and marketing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Strong evidenceHorwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20046 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Our expertise supports clinical trials in over 150 countries worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Strong evidenceBelfast, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5042 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ARC's purpose is to expedite access to precision medicine clinical trials for patients globally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20040 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ellipses Pharma is an international drug development company, focused exclusively on the advancement of innovative cancer treatments through the clinic.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Described as "A centre of excellence" by the MHRA - ESMS Global LTD, formerly part of the Guy’s Poisons Unit, is a niche service provider based in central London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Partial evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sylphid Analytics is a specialized Clinical Research Organization (CRO) delivering high-quality, end-to-end support to the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“People for Research are a specialist recruiter of participants for market research and usability testing across the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Indirect evidenceSurrey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2019, Apsida Life Science is a specialist recruitment business Headquartered in Surrey, with offices in London UK, Boston USA and Pretoria, SA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24Partial evidenceIpswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“End-to-end CRO services Strategic consultation for all aspects of your trial Customizing an optimal trial design Fit-for-purpose data End-to-end patient focused services Quick…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25Indirect evidenceReading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5032 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Global Perspectives, an IQVIA business, specialize in engaging large numbers of hard-to-reach patients, healthcare professionals and payers to take part in scientific studies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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Clinical trial recruiting companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
41.2%Verified-email coverage
39.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
24.4%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
85
11-50
49
51-200
29
201-500
9
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
4
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 180 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among clinical trial recruiting companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “clinical trial recruiting companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names clinical trial recruiting companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among clinical trial recruiting companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,956 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names clinical trial recruiting companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many clinical trial recruiting companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 180 clinical trial recruiting companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Perceptive INC, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most clinical trial recruiting companies?

London leads with 44 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (9) and Glasgow (8).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,956 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 180 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.