A J PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03186791 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-16

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,784

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 6.4% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.8k	£3.6k
Current assets	£4.5k	£4.5k
Net assets	£3.8k	£3.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-29
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accounts · AA
2024-01-13
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accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-23
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-27
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
1996-04-16
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Company incorporated
As A J PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1996-04-16
➕
PRUST, Colin Paul appointed
secretary
1996-04-16
➕
PRUST, Annette Jean appointed
director
1996-04-16
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-04-16
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-04-16
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-04-16
➖
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Paul Prust Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1996-04-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

10, Knowle Gardens 10, Knowle Gardens

Combe Martin

Ilfracombe

EX34 0NW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PRUST, Colin Paul→

secretary · appointed 1996-04-16

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Active

PRUST, Annette Jean→

director · ~72y · appointed 1996-04-16

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1996-04-16

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-04-16 · resigned 1996-04-16

Resigned

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