Company · Manchester In Administration
C-TRG Resource Limited
Temporary employment agency activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Daniel Jonathon Archer 2017-2024 View profile
- David Christopher Foreman 2016-2020 View profile
- Paedar James O'Reilly 2016-2025 View profile
- Gary Cottom 2016-2021 View profile
- John Taylor 2014-2015 View profile
- Kevin Joseph Maughan 2006-2016 View profile
- Rachel Bianca Maughan 2006-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Temporary employment agency activities
- Incorporated
- 03/02/2006
- Registered office
- Manchester
- Previous names
- Ports Bidco Limited (until 03/04/2025)
Firststep Recruitment Solutions Limited (until 31/07/2023)
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Thomas Edward Cropper ceased 2025-06-25
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-07-26 - Challenge Recruitment Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-06-25 - Challenge Recruitment Group Limited ceased 2023-07-26
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors (firm), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-07-01
Group
- C-TRG Resource Limited
is controlled by Thomas Edward Cropper
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-07-26, ceased 2025-06-25 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Thomas Edward Cropper.
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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.
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.
5 directors on the board
- Richard William Cropper Director · appointed 2014
- Thomas Edward Cropper Director · appointed 2014
- Steven John Imber Director · appointed 2025
- Scott Adrian Coleman Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel Stuart Hayes Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Richard William Cropper Director · appointed 2014
- Thomas Edward Cropper Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Richard William Cropper Director · appointed 2014
- Thomas Edward Cropper Director · appointed 2014
- Steven John Imber Director · appointed 2025
- Scott Adrian Coleman Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel Stuart Hayes Director · appointed 2025
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05696637
- Status
- In Administration
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2025
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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