Catapult Talent Solutions Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 60 Blean Common, Blean, Canterbury, Kent, England, CT2 9EY.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
Disaggregation of Revenue
Revenue from contracts with customers is disaggregated into the following categories to reflect how the entity’s cash flows and performance are affected by economic factors:
Type of Service:
The company operates across two key service segments:
Early Careers Consultancy and Delivery Services – including strategic planning, recruitment campaign design, development programme delivery, assessment centre facilitation, and provision of assessor resources.
Education Partnerships – including employability skills programmes (such as Catapult Academy), mock assessment centres, curriculum-integrated workshops, and employer-led events with schools, colleges, and universities.
Geographical Market:
Services are primarily delivered across the UK.
Customer Type:
The company serves a wide range of corporate clients (including both multinational corporations and SMEs) as well as public and private educational institutions.
Timing of Revenue Recognition:
Revenue is recognised:
Over time for longer-term consultancy, development programmes, and education partnerships where services are delivered progressively over a defined duration.
At a point in time for standalone workshops, presentations, and assessment events delivered on specific dates.
Principal vs Agent:
The company primarily acts as a principal in all services delivered. In limited cases where third-party platforms or venues are arranged on behalf of clients, the company acts as an agent, recognising only the net fee.
Performance Obligations
Contracts typically include one or more performance obligations, depending on client requirements. These may be bundled or delivered as distinct deliverables:
(a) Performance obligations are fulfilled either continuously (e.g. multi-week development programmes or ongoing consultancy) or at discrete moments (e.g. one-off workshops, mock assessment centres).
(b) Standard payment terms require invoicing either in advance or upon milestones, with net 30-day settlement. Contracts do not include material financing components. Where relevant, pricing is fixed, with limited exposure to variable consideration.
(c) Services are tailored to each client, with obligations ranging from strategic advisory to facilitation of specific training or recruitment interventions. When acting as an agent, this is clearly documented in the contract.
(d) The company offers rescheduling or substitution for non-delivered services where possible. Refunds are not generally offered, except in specific client-agreed circumstances.
(e) There are no formal warranties offered, though service quality is monitored through feedback processes.
Revenue Recognition Methods
For services performed over time, revenue is recognised using an input method, based on labour hours or delivery milestones, as appropriate to the nature of the engagement. This includes long-term development programmes and strategic consultancy projects.
For services delivered at a point in time, revenue is recognised upon delivery or completion, typically the date on which workshops, assessment centres, or presentations occur.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted.
If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the director is required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
Dividends totalling £22,000 were paid in the year in respect of shares held by the company's directors.
Mrs K White is in ultimate control of the company.