ABR TALENT LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11914123 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-29
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£43.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £43,793
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£91k
↓ 10.0% YoY
Net Worth
£44k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£108k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £87.6k | £93.6k |
| Current assets | £107.6k | £123.0k |
| Cash | £90.8k | £100.9k |
| Debtors | £16.8k | £22.2k |
| Net assets | £43.8k | £41.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-01➕BARTRAM, Janine appointeddirector
- 2025-12-02📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-11-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-10-15📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ABR TALENT LIMITED
- 2019-03-29➕BARTRAM, Luke Daniel 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 7 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Luke Daniel Bartram Individual · British · DOB 05/1987 · age 39 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/03/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Paul Thomasceased 20/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated2019-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
Steel House Solent Business Park, Plot 4300
Whiteley
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 7FP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BARTRAM, Janine→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2026-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARTRAM, Luke Daniel→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2019-03-29
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Recent filings (31 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-04
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-17
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-03