A & J ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03690263 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-30
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 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£1.40M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 26.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,400,708
Very low cash
Cash position: £4

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4
Net Worth
£1.4m
Current Assets
£173k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30
Total assets£1.42M
Current assets£173.4k
Cash£4
Debtors£7.7k
Net assets£1.40M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2020-12-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2020-12-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2020-12-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  11. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2019-05-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-05-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-05-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-03-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-07-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2002-05-18
    ➕
    GRADIDGE, Kate Lucinda appointed
    director
  20. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    GRADIDGE, Daniel Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2000-10-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  22. 1999-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  23. 1999-01-14
    ➕
    GRADIDGE, Julia Catherine appointed
    director
  24. 1998-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J ESTATES LIMITED
  25. 1998-12-30
    ➕
    GRADIDGE, Julia Catherine appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-12-30
    ➕
    GRADIDGE, Andrew William Charles appointed
    director
  27. 1998-12-30
    ➕
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-12-30
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +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

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

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

D G 206 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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D G 206 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A & J ESTATES LIMITED
This company · 03690263

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
D G 206 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Julia Catherine Gradidgeceased 10/05/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Daniel Charles Gradidgeceased 10/05/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Andrew William Charles Gradidgeceased 10/05/2019· significant influence

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

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7 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
Incorporated1998-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Hawstead Farm
Hursley
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

GRADIDGE, Julia Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRADIDGE, Andrew William Charles→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-12-30
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Active
GRADIDGE, Daniel Charles→
director · ~42y · appointed 2002-01-01
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Active
GRADIDGE, Julia Catherine→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-01-14
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Active
GRADIDGE, Kate Lucinda→
director · ~40y · appointed 2002-05-18
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Active
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-30 · resigned 1998-12-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property29/07/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property23/10/200023/12/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property04/10/199923/12/2020
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-12-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11