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About Cooper Jackson Surfacing

A UK-wide tarmac, asphalt and groundworks contractor working for facilities managers, developers, industrial operators, schools, healthcare sites and homeowners — on jobs from a single pothole to a phased commercial contract.

In short

28+ years of tarmac surfacing experience in commercial settings, our own in-house crews and plant working from depots across the UK, and a line answered 24 hours a day for both planned and reactive work.

Who we are

Part of VCNY Group Limited, delivering commercial site services across the UK.

Cooper Jackson Surfacing is a nationwide surfacing contractor. We lay and repair tarmac and asphalt on car parks, service yards, access and estate roads, industrial hardstandings, footpaths and driveways, together with the groundworks, drainage and kerbing that sit underneath them.

The business is a VCNY Group Limited owned company, registered in England and Wales under company number 12624177, with its registered office at 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ. Being part of a wider group means larger schemes can draw on related trades — civil engineering, line marking, anti-skid coatings and specialist cleaning — without bringing in unknown subcontractors.

28+ years of surfacing experience

Our experience is in commercial settings, which is a different discipline from domestic work. On a live site the surfacing has to happen around deliveries, trading hours, staff parking and pedestrian routes. That shapes how we survey, how we phase and how we programme, and it is the reason most of our work comes from organisations responsible for a site rather than from one-off enquiries.

We still take domestic driveways. The same standards apply — the same excavation, the same compacted sub-base, the same attention to where the water goes.

Our crews and plant

We operate with our own in-house teams and plant, working from depots across the UK. Directly employed crews mean the people on your site are the people we are accountable for, and owning the plant means a job is not delayed waiting on hire availability.

Machine-laying is used wherever a paver can reach; hand-laying is for small areas, awkward edges and sites a machine cannot get to. Where a scheme needs planing, excavation, drainage or kerbing, that is carried out by the same team rather than passed on.

[Add detail once confirmed: number of gangs you can run at once, depot locations, and the main plant you own — pavers, rollers, planers, excavators, tippers.]

Planned and reactive work, 24/7

The line is answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including nights, weekends and bank holidays. That matters in two situations: a surface defect that has become a safety or liability problem and cannot wait, and a site that can only be worked on out of hours. We cover both planned programmes and reactive call-outs, nationwide.

How we quote

Surveys are free. Quotes state the build-up — depths, materials, preparation, drainage, edgings and what is excluded — so you can compare two prices on the same basis rather than on the headline figure. Most surfacing that fails early does so because of what was left out of the price, not because of the material laid on top.

If a repair is the better answer than a resurface, that is what we will recommend. If an overlay will crack through within two winters because the base has gone, we will say so before taking the order.

Accreditations, insurance and compliance

We hold the relevant accreditations and insurances for the work we carry out, and can provide certificates, risk assessments and method statements at enquiry stage rather than after an order.

  • Accreditations: [List schemes and membership numbers — CHAS, Constructionline, SSIP, SafeContractor, ISO, NHSS 12]
  • Public liability: [limit]
  • Employers' liability: [limit]
  • Operative cards and training: [CSCS, CPCS, NRSWA, SMSTS, first aid]

Only current, verifiable accreditations appear here. Nothing lapsed and nothing aspirational.

Where we work

Our crews work UK-wide, with the heaviest coverage across England. Recent projects run from Bolton and Sheffield to Stevenage, Oxford, Hertfordshire and Swansea — a genuinely national footprint rather than a claimed one. Distance affects mobilisation cost, not whether we will attend: send a postcode and you will get a straight answer.

See the full list of areas we cover.

What we do

Work we have completed

A school, a hospital, a retail drive-thru, a campus walkway, an access road and a commercial car park repair — six sites, six different sets of constraints.

Cooper Jackson Surfacing roller compacting a newly laid tarmac access road in Bolton, with the crew raking material behind a tipper

Access road surfacing — Bolton

Location
Bolton, Greater Manchester
Scope
Removal and preparation of the previous surface, installation of new kerb edging, laying and levelling of hot mix tarmac, followed by mechanical compaction to create a smooth, durable finished surface.
Newly surfaced parking and access area at St Clare's School in Sheffield, with new kerb line and channel drainage along the edge

Access surfacing — St Clare's School

Location
Sheffield
Scope
Removal of the previous kerbs to improve vehicle access and create additional parking spaces for this school in Sheffield. The works enhance accessibility, maximise available space and deliver a practical, durable finish.
Newly resurfaced HGV parking area with fresh white line markings at Lister Hospital, Stevenage

HGV yard patch resurfacing — Lister Hospital

Location
Lister Hospital, Stevenage
Scope
Patch resurfacing repairs to damaged tarmac areas within an HGV yard: excavating failed sections, repairing the base, laying heavy-duty asphalt and mechanically compacting the surface for durability under frequent heavy vehicle movements.

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How projects run

The same five stages on every job, scaled to the site.

  1. Site survey

    We measure the area, assess the existing surface and ground conditions, and check access for plant and deliveries.

  2. Specification and quote

    A written quote setting out the build-up, depths, materials, drainage, edgings and what is excluded.

  3. Preparation

    Planing or excavation, removal of arisings, sub-base laying and compaction, plus any drainage and kerbing.

  4. Laying

    Binder and surface courses laid and rolled to the specified depth, with joints and levels set out against falls.

  5. Handover

    Line marking where required, site cleared, and written guidance on when the surface can take traffic.

Questions about the company

Talk to us about your site

Free survey, fixed written price, and a straight answer on whether it needs repairing or resurfacing.