A. AINSWORTH & SONS (JEWELLERS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00600574 · ltd · incorporated 1958-03-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 62.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£418.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 62.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 62.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £418,786
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£46k
Net Worth
£419k
Current Assets
£456k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £426.1k | — |
| Current assets | £456.4k | — |
| Cash | £46.5k | — |
| Debtors | £3.9k | — |
| Net assets | £418.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 300 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-05-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-17📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-05-13➖AINSWORTH, Kenneth John resignedsecretary
- 2025-05-13➖AINSWORTH, Kenneth John resigneddirector
- 2025-01-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-25📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-03-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01➕DIMMICK, Helen Margaret appointeddirector
- 2023-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-31📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 1995-08-04➕AINSWORTH, Philip John appointeddirector
- 1995-08-04➖AINSWORTH, Michael Bariow resigneddirector
- 1964-08-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: District Bank LTD
- 1963-08-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: District Bank LTD
- 1958-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs A. AINSWORTH & SONS (JEWELLERS) LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AINSWORTH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip John Ainsworth Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/02/2023 |
Ms Helen Margaret Dimmick Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/10/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kenneth John Ainsworthceased 01/02/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1958-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770
Registered office
57- 59 Darwen Street
Blackburn
BB2 2BW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
AINSWORTH, Philip John→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1995-08-04
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DIMMICK, Helen Margaret→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2023-11-01
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AINSWORTH, Kenneth John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-05-13
AINSWORTH, Kenneth John→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2025-05-13
AINSWORTH, Michael Bariow→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 1995-08-04
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | District Bank District Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 04/08/1964 | — | |
| outstanding | District Bank District Bank LTD | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/08/1963 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20