KENTON BLACK LIMITED
Company number 06664214 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kenton Black Limited operates as a mid-tier UK recruitment specialist with approximately £22M turnover, positioning it above boutique operators but well below sector leaders. While revenue generation appears robust, the company's financial position is concerning: net assets have deteriorated by 89% since 2017 to just £78,835, creating an extremely thin equity buffer relative to a £3.95M creditor base and significant debtor concentration. The substantial related-party transactions with Chunk Payroll Limited and escalating group management expense recharges raise questions about value retention within the operating entity. The simultaneous departure of three directors in early 2026, including two persons with significant control, adds governance uncertainty to an already fragile balance sheet position.
Shareholders' funds
£78,835
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-08-05
- Employees
- 23 (2025 accounts · was 22 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Ty-Nant Court, Morganstown, Cardiff, Wales, CF15 8LW
- Postcode
- CF15 8LW
- Capital
- 240 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-26
- Next due by
- 2027-09-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78109 Other activities of employment placement agencies
Officers 3 current · 4 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA086595 (Tier 2), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- kentonblack.net
- Phone
- 03300552229
Kenton Black Group are nationwide recruitment specialists across multiple sectors. Servicing the Construction, Finance, Science & Engineering, International and Corporate Services markets across the UK and overseas.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| FIRST FLOOR EAST WING 127 HAGLEY ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B16 8LD, ENGLAND | 2019-04-23 |
| 13 CAROLINE STREET, ST. PAUL'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, B3 1TR | 2018-08-30 |
| 120 BUTTONBOX WARSTONE LANE, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B18 6NZ | 2015-09-30 |
| 16 PENNS LANE, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1BD | 2010-11-10 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 160 similar companies in CF
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (23 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2008.
Competitors Cardiff
This company ranks 37 among other activities of employment placement agencies in Cardiff.
The class of 2008
37%
of the 709 companies in this sector incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.