CORBRIDGE PRIVATE HIRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

04220623 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2024-12-23
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-23
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2020-12-18
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2019-12-25
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2018-09-17
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2017-12-21
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2017-01-10
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accounts · AA
2016-04-06
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2016-04-06
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2016-04-06
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2016-04-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-03-31
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ROBINSON, Jayne appointed
director
2016-01-12
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accounts · AA
2001-11-29
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ROBINSON, Jayne appointed
secretary
2001-11-27
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ASHTON, David resigned
secretary
2001-11-27
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ASHTON, David resigned
director
2001-05-21
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Company incorporated
As CORBRIDGE PRIVATE HIRE LTD
2001-05-21
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ROBINSON, Mark Ian appointed
director
2001-05-21
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ASHTON, David appointed
secretary
2001-05-21
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-21
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-21
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ASHTON, David appointed
director
2001-05-21
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-05-21
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Ian Robinson Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Jayne Robinson Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-05-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

23 Cragside

Corbridge

Northumberland

NE45 5EU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBINSON, Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2001-11-29

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Active

ROBINSON, Jayne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2016-03-31

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Active

ROBINSON, Mark Ian→

director · ~66y · appointed 2001-05-21

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Active

ASHTON, David→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-11-27

Resigned

JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-05-21

Resigned

ASHTON, David→

director · ~56y · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-11-27

Resigned

JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-05-21

Resigned

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