GIBBON BRIDGE LIMITED
Company number 01645079 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Gibbon Bridge Limited presents a paradox: its balance sheet has never been stronger at £1.58M in net assets with virtually no debt, yet the company has ceased trading after selling its hotel premises in December 2025. The financial transformation from negative working capital to substantial cash reserves is dramatic, but the absence of any trading activity or fixed assets means this is effectively a cash-holding shell. The controlling shareholder must now decide whether to wind up the company and distribute funds, or repurpose it – inaction will see value slowly eroded by costs and inflation.
Shareholders' funds
£1,579,800
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-06-21
- Employees
- 22 (2026 accounts · was 34 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Gibbon Bridge Farm, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 2TQ
- Postcode
- PR3 2TQ
- Capital
- 103 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-16
- Next due by
- 2027-01-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 55100 Hotels and similar accommodation
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
Officers 9 current
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB470524 (Tier 2), registered since 2022.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- gibbon-bridge.co.uk
Gibbon Bridge offers staycations, a restaurant and outside dining areas, and Private Spaces for Weddings and Events.
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 65 similar companies in PR
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (22 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.5 of the largest hotels and similar accommodation companies in Preston →
Competitors Preston
This company ranks 5 among hotels and similar accommodation in Preston.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-07-24
- Where
- Lancashire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN301145 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2025-07-24 | — |
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