A.J.T. EQUIPMENT LIMITED

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00496932 · ltd · incorporated 1951-06-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 45.4y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
125 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees900800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-02-06
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    Charge satisfied #4
  3. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-25
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  6. 2024-03-25
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    second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · RP04AR01
  7. 2024-02-16
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-11-22
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
  12. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2019-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-02-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2019-02-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2019-02-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-01-16
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    Charge satisfied #6
  21. 2018-10-22
    ➕
    GORDON, Julie appointed
    secretary
  22. 2018-10-22
    ➖
    GORDON, Ian resigned
    secretary
  23. 2018-10-22
    ➖
    GORDON, Peter Eric resigned
    director
  24. 2018-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #5
  25. 2017-11-16
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Bcrs Business Loans Limited
  26. 2015-11-13
    ➕
    GORDON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  27. 2015-11-13
    ➖
    GORDON, Mary resigned
    secretary
  28. 2013-04-02
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Black Country Reinvestment Society Limited
  29. 2013-02-23
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    Charge satisfied #3
  30. 2010-01-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC Trading as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance
  31. 2007-10-23
    ➖
    GORDON, Neil resigned
    director
  32. 2004-06-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2003-06-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Sygnet Invoice Finance Limited
  34. 2000-07-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  35. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    GORDON, Ian appointed
    director
  36. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    GORDON, Neil appointed
    director
  37. 1992-07-22
    ➕
    GORDON, Mary appointed
    secretary
  38. 1992-07-22
    ➖
    HILL, Derek Charles resigned
    secretary
  39. 1992-07-22
    ➖
    HILL, Derek Charles resigned
    director
  40. 1980-12-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank LTD
  41. 1951-06-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.J.T. EQUIPMENT LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 75 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Gordon Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Gordon Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
A.J.T. EQUIPMENT LIMITED
This company · 00496932

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gordon Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1951-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Unit 8 Enterprise Trading Estate
Pedmore Road
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 1TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

GORDON, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2018-10-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, Ian→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-13 · resigned 2018-10-22
Resigned
GORDON, Mary→
secretary · appointed 1992-07-22 · resigned 2015-11-13
Resigned
HILL, Derek Charles→
secretary · resigned 1992-07-22
Resigned
GORDON, Neil→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 2007-10-23
Resigned
GORDON, Peter Eric→
director · ~86y · resigned 2018-10-22
Resigned
HILL, Derek Charles→
director · ~94y · resigned 1992-07-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge—22/11/2021—
satisfied
Bcrs Business Loans
Bcrs Business Loans Limited
A registered charge2 properties16/11/201716/01/2019
satisfied
Black Country Reinvestment Society
Black Country Reinvestment Society Limited
Debenture1 property02/04/201306/04/2018
satisfied
Hitachi Capital (UK) Trading as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance
Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC Trading as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance
Debenture1 property04/01/201006/02/2026
satisfied
Sygnet Invoice Finance
Sygnet Invoice Finance Limited
Agreement1 property04/06/200323/02/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property21/07/200018/06/2004
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank LTD
Single debenture1 property04/12/1980—
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Recent filings (125 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-03-25
second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05