CORBITAL LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11036509 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-27
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 82911
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| 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
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-10-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-10-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-28📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2023-09-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-27🏢Company incorporatedAs CORBITAL LTD
- 2017-10-27➕MCGRORY, Nicole appointeddirector
- 2017-10-27➕ORMEROD, Peter Steven appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Soflo Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Corbett Finance Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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CORBITAL LTD
This company · 11036509
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Soflo Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2023 |
Corbett Finance Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Peter Steven Ormerodceased 01/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
- Mrs Nicole Mcgroryceased 01/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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
Incorporated2017-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82911 — SIC 82911
Registered office
D B House George Baylis Court
George Baylis Way
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9RB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCGRORY, Nicole→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ORMEROD, Peter Steven→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2017-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-28
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-09-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13