TARKA TALENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13014758 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£125.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
24 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £125,372
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£91k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£125k
↑ 777% YoY
Current Assets
£369k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£19k£59k£136k£214k£291k£369kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£126.2k£-17.7k
Current assets£368.8k£248.0k
Cash£91.3k£191.8k
Debtors£277.5k£56.3k
Net assets£125.4k£-18.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2024-12-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-11-01
    CURTIS, Joseph appointed
    director
  6. 2024-07-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-19
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2022-11-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-08-12
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2022-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-08-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2021-11-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-11-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2021-11-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-11-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-01-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2020-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As TARKA TALENT LIMITED
  21. 2020-11-12
    LONGSTREET, Richard William John appointed
    director
  22. 2020-11-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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

Group structure

11 Investments Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️
11 Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
TARKA TALENT LIMITED
This company · 13014758

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
11 Investments Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control12/11/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Rwjl Investments Limitedceased 18/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Formal House
60 St. Georges Place
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3PN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CURTIS, Joseph
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Active
LONGSTREET, Richard William John
director · ~36y · appointed 2020-11-12
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-11