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Brightsparks Recruitment Limited

Brightsparks Recruitment Limited is an active UK company (number 04973771), incorporated 2003, with 2 current directors, Caroline Mary Louise Reeve and Perspective Investment Knowledge LTD. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 16

  1. Tanya Fonseca Gomes Dos Santos 2018-2020 Director View profile
  2. Samuel Paul Field 2016-2018 Director View profile
  3. Abdollah Foroutani Yazdi 2016-2024 Director View profile
  4. Ben James Johnson 2015-2016 Director View profile
  5. Amir Foroutani Yazdi 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Mathew Simon Eames 2012-2024 Director View profile
  7. James William Peter King 2012-2015 Director View profile
  8. Ryan Ashton 2011-2014 Director View profile
  9. Graham John Palfery-Smith 2010-2014 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Philip Yates 2004-2004 Director View profile
  11. Jane Mary Herbert 2003-2010 Director View profile
  12. 2020 Secretarial Limited 2010-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  13. Stephen Kelly 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  14. Jonathan Hawkes 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  15. Beth Bishop 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  16. James Douglas Herbert 2003-2025 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
24/11/2003

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Brightsparks Recruitment Limited is controlled by James Douglas Herbert
    Evidence
    ceased 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-04-04 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Douglas Herbert.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£143,674
Total assets
£146,326
Cash
£39,367
Employees
5
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-02-28. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

1 directors on the board

0.8y median 0.8y
average tenure
0.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months
1
corporate seats

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04973771
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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