Registration number: 09263381

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet	1
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements	2 to 6

Abstract Recruitment Limited

(Registration number: 09263381)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2024

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	4	83,216	101,789
Current assets
Debtors	5	7,465,278	6,709,854
Cash at bank and in hand		13,642	9,945
		7,478,920	6,719,799
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year	6	(6,836,683)	(6,432,804)
Net current assets		642,237	286,995
Net assets		725,453	388,784
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	7	100	100
Retained earnings		725,353	388,684
Shareholders' funds		725,453	388,784

For the financial year ending 31 December 2024 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

•	The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
•	The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 30 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 

......................................... Thomas Noel Doran Director

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

1	General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in United Kingdom.

The address of its registered office is:
Collingham House
6-12 Gladstone Road
Wimbledon
London
SW19 1QT

2	Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class	Depreciation method and rate
Furniture & Fittings	20% Straight Line
Office Equipment	20% Straight Line

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3	Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 26 (2023 - 29).

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

4	Tangible assets

	Furniture, fittings and equipment  £	Motor vehicles  £	Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024	236,490	51,724	288,214
Additions	30,980	-	30,980
At 31 December 2024	267,470	51,724	319,194
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024	151,445	34,980	186,425
Charge for the year	39,208	10,345	49,553
At 31 December 2024	190,653	45,325	235,978
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024	76,817	6,399	83,216
At 31 December 2023	85,045	16,744	101,789

5

Debtors

Current	2024 £	2023 £
Trade debtors	6,071,282	6,114,719
Prepayments	80,618	78,969
Other debtors	1,313,378	516,166
	7,465,278	6,709,854

6

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

	Note	2024 £	2023 £
Due within one year
Loans and borrowings	8	4,030,904	2,421,325
Trade creditors		627,097	1,811,993
Taxation and social security		626,351	458,758
Accruals and deferred income		53,676	7,125
Other creditors		1,498,655	1,733,603
		6,836,683	6,432,804

Abstract Recruitment Limited

Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

7	Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

	2024		2023
	No.	£	No.	£
Ordinary of £1 each	100	100	100	100

8	Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

	2024 £	2023 £
Other borrowings	4,030,904	2,421,325