KENTON BLACK LIMITED
Company number 06664214 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kenton Black Limited is a long-established recruitment business with approximately £22M turnover but an extremely thin equity base of just £78,835 – representing an 89% decline from 2018 levels. The company's financial structure is heavily reliant on creditor funding and a significant related party arrangement with Chunk Payroll Limited (connected to two directors), through which £8.6M of core operational costs flow. While short-term liquidity has improved and the company is trading actively, the negligible profitability, high gearing, and related party dependencies present material credit risks that warrant a conditional approach with strong covenants and personal guarantees.
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
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2026-10-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78109 Other activities of employment placement agencies
Officers 3 current · 4 resigned
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 162 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 708 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.