A.J.D. ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01823863 · ltd · incorporated 1984-06-12
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 39.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£28.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 39.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 39.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
104 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
70
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,277

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£28k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£28k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£11k£17k£23k£28kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£28.3k£28.3k
Current assets£28.4k£28.4k
Net assets£28.3k£28.3k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2023-01-12
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  5. 2022-08-11
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  6. 2022-05-19
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  7. 2022-05-19
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  8. 2022-05-19
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  9. 2021-11-30
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  10. 2021-01-19
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  11. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2019-03-12
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  13. 2018-03-26
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  14. 2017-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-03-30
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    WENMAN, Andrew John appointed
    director
  17. 2016-03-30
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    WENMAN, Elizabeth Frances resigned
    director
  18. 2014-08-28
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    WENMAN, David Harold appointed
    director
  19. 2014-08-28
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    DITHERIDGE, Janet resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-08-28
    ➖
    DITHERIDGE, Anthony John resigned
    director
  21. 2014-08-28
    ➖
    DITHERIDGE, Janet resigned
    director
  22. 2014-08-28
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    WENMAN, Elizabeth Frances appointed
    director
  23. 2014-08-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1987-03-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 1984-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J.D. ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Frances Wenman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David Harold Wenman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30300 — SIC 30300

Registered office

89 High Street Hadleigh
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP7 5EA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WENMAN, Andrew John→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WENMAN, David Harold→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DITHERIDGE, Janet→
secretary · resigned 2014-08-28
Resigned
DITHERIDGE, Anthony John→
director · ~79y · resigned 2014-08-28
Resigned
DITHERIDGE, Janet→
director · ~79y · resigned 2014-08-28
Resigned
WENMAN, Elizabeth Frances→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-08-28 · resigned 2016-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/03/198728/08/2014

Recent filings (104 total)

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2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-19