BIRMINGHAM CABS LTD

💤Zombieactive
04511677 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
—
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees1100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-10-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-02-29
    ➖
    BRAY, Alan Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2002-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRMINGHAM CABS LTD
  19. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    LYNCH, Damian Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    LYNCH, Damian Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-08-15
    ➖
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 2002-08-15
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    BRAY, Alan Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Damian Anthony Lynch
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Suites C, D, E & F 14th Floor The Plaza
100 Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9QJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LYNCH, Damian Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYNCH, Damian Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-08-15
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-08-15
Resigned
BRAY, Alan Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2012-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19