BETTERSTAFF INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04414420 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees213000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2025-04-10
    ➖
    DYER & CO SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-01-21
    ➕
    DAVIS, Angela appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-21
    ➕
    SANTOS-SINDES, Jordan Aaron Balthazar appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-21
    ➖
    DAVIS, Pamela Ida resigned
    director
  21. 2012-10-18
    ➖
    DAVIS, Frederick Maurice resigned
    secretary
  22. 2012-10-18
    ➕
    DYER & CO SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2012-10-18
    ➖
    DAVIS, Frederick Maurice resigned
    director
  24. 2002-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BETTERSTAFF INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED
  25. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    DAVIS, Frederick Maurice appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-04-11
    ➖
    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    DAVIS, Frederick Maurice appointed
    director
  29. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    DAVIS, Pamela Ida appointed
    director
  30. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2002-04-11
    ➖
    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Angela Davis
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

Onega House
112 Main Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DAVIS, Angela→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANTOS-SINDES, Jordan Aaron Balthazar→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Frederick Maurice→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2012-10-18
Resigned
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-04-11
Resigned
DYER & CO SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-10-18 · resigned 2025-04-10
Resigned
DAVIS, Frederick Maurice→
director · ~103y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2012-10-18
Resigned
DAVIS, Pamela Ida→
director · ~103y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2014-01-21
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2002-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24