ADVERSA RECRUITMENT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10779204 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£198.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 78200Temporary employment agency activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £198,406
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£71k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£198k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£623k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £282.0k | £181.2k |
| Current assets | £623.2k | £936.1k |
| Cash | £71.1k | £149.4k |
| Debtors | £429.1k | £589.5k |
| Net assets | £198.4k | £179.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
9
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 4 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 4 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-01-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-09-01➕STANLEY, Mark Charles appointeddirector
- 2019-09-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-07-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
- 2017-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVERSA RECRUITMENT LIMITED
- 2017-05-19➕STANLEY, Katie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Charles Stanley Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/09/2020 |
Mrs Katie Louise Stanley Individual · British · DOB 12/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
Hq
Wilbury Way
Hitchin
SG4 0TZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
STANLEY, Katie→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2017-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STANLEY, Mark Charles→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 31/07/2017 | 12/09/2019 |
Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-04