A.J.S. EMBROIDERY SERVICES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02947639 · ltd · incorporated 1994-07-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 11.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-23➖WOOLLEY, Clare Maria resigneddirector
- 2021-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-11-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Anita Maria Sisson
- 2015-06-02➖SISSON, Anita Maria resignedsecretary
- 2015-06-02➖SISSON, Alan John resigneddirector
- 2015-06-02➖SISSON, Anita Maria resigneddirector
- 2015-06-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anita Maria Sisson
- 2009-09-30➖ALLARD, Dean Andrew resigneddirector
- 2002-01-01➕ALLARD, Dean Andrew appointeddirector
- 2001-08-10➕DORSEY, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2001-08-10➕WOOLLEY, Clare Maria appointeddirector
- 1996-12-31➖KUMMER, Peter Michael Harry resignedsecretary
- 1996-12-31➕SISSON, Anita Maria appointedsecretary
- 1994-07-15➕SISSON, Anita Maria appointeddirector
- 1994-07-12🏢Company incorporatedAs A.J.S. EMBROIDERY SERVICES LIMITED
- 1994-07-12➕KUMMER, Peter Michael Harry appointedsecretary
- 1994-07-12➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-07-12➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1994-07-12➕SISSON, Alan John appointeddirector
- 1994-07-12➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1994-07-12➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ajs Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Ajs Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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A.J.S. EMBROIDERY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 02947639
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ajs Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Anthony John Dorsey Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| ABC AGGREGATES LTD→ 16542554 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| ADR UK TYREMART LIMITED→ 01405709 · est 1978 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 47y | — | — |
| AG UNIVERSAL LTD→ 15571723 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46640 — SIC 46640
Registered office
Unit 2 Sherbrook Enterprise
100 Sherbrook Road Daybrook
Nottingham
NG5 6AB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01
Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)
DORSEY, Anthony John→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2001-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KUMMER, Peter Michael Harry→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-07-12 · resigned 1996-12-31
SISSON, Anita Maria→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 2015-06-02
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-07-12 · resigned 1994-07-12
ALLARD, Dean Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-01-01 · resigned 2009-09-30
SISSON, Alan John→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 1994-07-12 · resigned 2015-06-02
SISSON, Anita Maria→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 1994-07-15 · resigned 2015-06-02
WOOLLEY, Clare Maria→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2001-08-10 · resigned 2021-11-23
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-07-12 · resigned 1994-07-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Anita Maria Sisson / Alan John Sisson | A registered charge | — | 18/12/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Anita Maria Sisson / Alan John Sisson | A registered charge | — | 02/06/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24