A.J.HOLLANDS & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00475570 · ltd · incorporated 1949-12-02
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
101 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,756

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£14k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£11k£14kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£6.8k£6.8k
Current assets£13.7k£13.7k
Net assets£6.8k£6.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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  3. 2024-03-18
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  4. 2023-02-27
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  5. 2022-03-17
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  6. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2018-02-28
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  10. 2017-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-29
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  12. 2016-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-04-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-07-04
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    officers · AP03
  16. 2014-07-01
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    KEYTE, Nicola Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-07-01
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    KEYTE & CO ACCOUNTANTS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2004-03-27
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    KEYTE & CO ACCOUNTANTS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2003-03-27
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    KEYTE, Nicola Anne resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-04-05
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    KEYTE, Malcolm William appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-05
    ➕
    KEYTE, Nicola Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-05
    ➖
    KNIGHT, Adrienne resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-04-05
    ➖
    KNIGHT, Adrienne resigned
    director
  24. 1993-02-26
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    KEYTE, Nicola Anne appointed
    director
  25. 1993-02-26
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Adrienne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1993-02-26
    ➖
    SALTER, Beryl Gwendoline resigned
    secretary
  27. 1993-02-26
    ➖
    MOORE, Allan Jeffrey resigned
    director
  28. 1949-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J.HOLLANDS & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 76 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1949-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Keyte & Co
Coombe Avenue
Croydon Surrey
CR0 5SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

KEYTE, Nicola Anne→
secretary · appointed 2014-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEYTE, Malcolm William→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-04-05
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Active
KEYTE, Nicola Anne→
director · ~70y · appointed 1993-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEYTE, Nicola Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-05 · resigned 2003-03-27
Resigned
KNIGHT, Adrienne→
secretary · appointed 1993-02-26 · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
SALTER, Beryl Gwendoline→
secretary · resigned 1993-02-26
Resigned
KEYTE & CO ACCOUNTANTS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-27 · resigned 2014-07-01
Resigned
KNIGHT, Adrienne→
director · ~83y · resigned 2002-04-05
Resigned
MOORE, Allan Jeffrey→
director · ~98y · resigned 1993-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-28