A.J. PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03884689 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-26
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Nottingham Building Society
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-21📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-11-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2004-08-01➕JONES, Jacqueline Louise appointeddirector
- 1999-12-10➕JONES, Jacqueline Louise appointedsecretary
- 1999-12-10➕JONES, Alan Wellesley appointeddirector
- 1999-12-10➖ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-12-10➖ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs A.J. PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 1999-11-26➕ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-26➕ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacqueline Louise Jones Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Alan Wellesley Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
5 Prospect Place Millennium Way
Pride Park
Derby
DE24 8HG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
JONES, Jacqueline Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Alan Wellesley→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1999-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Jacqueline Louise→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2004-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARGUS NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 1999-12-10
ARGUS NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-26 · resigned 1999-12-10
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Nottingham Building Society | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/12/2020 | 13/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 17/06/2011 | 21/11/2018 |
Recent filings (86 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17