A. J. BUILDING (HULL) LIMITED

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03199145 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-15
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£478.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 42990Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 49). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.1y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £478,100
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,769 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£55k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£478k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£785k
↑ 3.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£157k£314k£471k£628k£785kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£527.7k£585.3k
Current assets£784.6k£756.5k
Cash£55.1k£114.5k
Debtors£488.1k£400.7k
Net assets£478.1k£504.9k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-01
    ➕
    PRESTON, Sarah Caroline appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-12-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2021-10-01
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    Charge satisfied #5
  11. 2021-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-29
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-07-28
    ➕
    ISLAM, Md Tawfiqul appointed
    secretary
  14. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-11-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2020-11-10
    ➖
    CASEY, Matthew resigned
    secretary
  17. 2020-03-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2020-03-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2020-03-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  20. 2020-03-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2019-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-01-31
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2018-01-09
    ➕
    CASEY, Matthew appointed
    secretary
  25. 2018-01-09
    ➖
    HESSEY, Stephen Neil resigned
    secretary
  26. 2016-10-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2016-09-29
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 2016-06-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  29. 2015-03-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  30. 2015-03-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  31. 2014-05-21
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2012-10-30
    ➕
    HESSEY, Stephen Neil appointed
    secretary
  33. 2012-10-30
    ➖
    HODGES, Anthony Michael resigned
    secretary
  34. 2012-10-30
    ➖
    HODGES, Anthony Michael resigned
    director
  35. 2012-10-30
    ➖
    HODGES, Joan resigned
    director
  36. 2010-06-28
    ➕
    BLAKE, Kristopher John appointed
    director
  37. 1998-05-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  38. 1996-06-04
    ➕
    HODGES, Anthony Michael appointed
    secretary
  39. 1996-06-04
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1996-06-04
    ➕
    HODGES, Anthony Michael appointed
    director
  41. 1996-06-04
    ➕
    HODGES, Joan appointed
    director
  42. 1996-06-04
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 1996-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. J. BUILDING (HULL) LIMITED
  44. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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

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

🏛️
Sirius Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A. J. BUILDING (HULL) LIMITED
This company · 03199145

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Victoria Works Prospect Place
Hedon Road
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU9 1DU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

ISLAM, Md Tawfiqul→
secretary · appointed 2021-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Kristopher John→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRESTON, Sarah Caroline→
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASEY, Matthew→
secretary · appointed 2018-01-09 · resigned 2020-11-10
Resigned
HESSEY, Stephen Neil→
secretary · appointed 2012-10-30 · resigned 2018-01-09
Resigned
HODGES, Anthony Michael→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-04 · resigned 2012-10-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-06-04
Resigned
HODGES, Anthony Michael→
director · ~88y · appointed 1996-06-04 · resigned 2012-10-30
Resigned
HODGES, Joan→
director · ~90y · appointed 1996-06-04 · resigned 2012-10-30
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-06-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property29/09/201601/10/2021
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—20/06/201606/10/2016
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—26/03/201530/03/2020
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property26/03/201530/03/2020
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/05/199821/05/2014

Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-07-29