CORINNE HIDE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06523201 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-04
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of leather goods in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,011
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.2k |
| Current assets | £7.2k |
| Cash | £2.8k |
| Net assets | £-2.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-04-01➖LARCUM, Jean resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-04🏢Company incorporatedAs CORINNE HIDE LIMITED
- 2008-03-04➕TURNER, Janice Corrinne appointeddirector
- 2008-03-04➕LARCUM, Jean appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Janice Corrinne Turner Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47722 — Retail sale of leather goods in specialised stores
Registered office
25 High Street
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 0ET
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
TURNER, Janice Corrinne→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2008-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LARCUM, Jean→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-03-04 · resigned 2008-04-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11