A 2 B CHAUFFEUR HIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08354326 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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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 | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
2
filings
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 dissolution
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-19📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2026-05-07📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2026-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2013-01-28➕SIDHU, Paramjit Singh appointeddirector
- 2013-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs A 2 B CHAUFFEUR HIRE LIMITED
- 2013-01-10➕SIDHU, Harjinder Singh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paramjit Singh Sidhu Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/01/2024 |
Mr Harjinder Singh Sidhu Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
16 Fern Lane
Heston
Middlesex
TW5 0HL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SIDHU, Harjinder Singh→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2013-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIDHU, Paramjit Singh→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2013-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (37 total)
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-19
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-09