TALENTFUL LTD
Trading as Talentful, the company operates as a recruitment process outsourcing provider specialising in talent acquisition and human resources management for technology businesses.
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Cash
£3.5m
+36.9% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£7.1m
+43.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
256
+57.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.8m
+72.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £17,904,857 | £19,371,252 | £30,886,244 | +59.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£746,629 | £2,769,872 | £4,779,797 | +72.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£713,115 | £2,770,211 | £4,787,094 | +72.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£700,292 | £1,758,972 | £3,764,428 | +114% | |
| Cash | £2,033,408 | £942,792 | — | £2,523,312 | £3,454,821 | +36.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,914,150 | £2,404,250 | £4,309,445 | £5,137,251 | £7,124,919 | +38.7% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,108,763 | £4,965,178 | £7,124,919 | +43.5% | |
| Equity | — | — | £4,108,763 | £4,965,178 | £7,124,919 | +43.5% | |
| Average employees | 103 | 132 | 54 | 163 | 256 | +57.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £14,985,189 | £13,438,439 | £22,017,215 | +63.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £24,000 | £22,230 | £142,297 | +540.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -4.2% | 14.3% | 15.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -3.9% | 9.1% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -17.3% | 53.9% | 67.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 34.8% | 35.9% | 33.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.00x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -15.06x | — | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TALENTFUL LTD 2015-08-11 → present
- SONDER TALENT LTD 2015-07-13 → 2015-08-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Beavis Morgan Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- TALENTFUL LTD · parent
- Talentful Inc 100%
- Talentful Gmbh 100%
- Talentful Canada Inc 100%
- Higher HQ Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBASS, Christopher | Director | 2016-01-19 | Nov 1988 | British |
| BLAYDES, Phillip | Director | 2015-07-13 | Apr 1984 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Phillip Blaydes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Christopher Abbass | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-08-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-10 | RP09 | address | Default companies house service address applied officer | |
| 2026-06-10 | RP09 | address | Default companies house service address applied officer | |
| 2026-06-09 | RP05 | address | Default companies house registered office address applied | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-04 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-10-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.