01 · Retained
Retained search
Exclusive instruction for leadership and specialist hires. Staged fees, weekly written updates, and a slate kept deliberately small.
Derby · Midlands · England
CLL.
Recruitment that stays on the brief.
CLL Recruitment places people into roles that matter to Midlands employers — without flooding inboxes or treating a hire like a numbers game.
DE24Registered in Derby
ActiveCompanies House status
10955426Company number
2 daysTypical reply window
What we take on
We prefer instructions we can own end to end. Volume preferred-supplier lists and “send twenty CVs by Friday” are a different trade — we decline them.
02 · Quiet
Confidential replacement
When a departure is not yet public. Approaches stay discreet; candidates hear only what you authorise.
03 · Mapped
Mapped contingent
Used when the role can be visible and the specification is tight. We still cap the slate. We do not compete on inbox volume.
04 · Counsel
Candidate counsel
A private book for people who will move once, not weekly. Your details are not circulated without clear consent.
Midlands employers. Clear instructions.
CLL (RECRUITMENT) LTD is an active private limited company registered in England. The work sits with Derby — close enough to East Midlands industry, logistics, professional services and regional offices that need a hire done properly.
Boards are tired of long, noisy slates. We would rather return fewer names we can stand behind than a list assembled overnight to look busy.
About the companyPractices we know
Operations & logistics. Plant, warehouse and regional ops leadership where coverage and continuity matter.
Finance & commercial. Controllers, commercial managers and finance partners who can explain a quarter without a slide deck.
Professional & corporate. HR, legal support and office leadership for firms that prefer a quiet process.
What we will not do
We will not pretend a scatter-gun preferred-supplier desk is a search. We will not circulate a CV without consent. We will not start work without a sitting that puts the politics of the hire on paper.
If that is not the service you want, say so early — there are firms built for volume. CLL is not one of them.