AJPATTERSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03999952 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-737

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other men's outerwear

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

32120SIC 32120
66290Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 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

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £737

Net assets shrinking

Down £765 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£737

↓ 2732% YoY

Current Assets

£485

↓ 45% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-737	£28
Current assets	£485	£874
Net assets	£-737	£28

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2025-02-14
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2024-02-27
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2023-02-10
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2022-02-22
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2021-05-14
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2020-02-27
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2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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accounts · AA
2016-06-13
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-06
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PATTERSON, Heather appointed
secretary
2016-04-06
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PATTERSON, Heather appointed
director
2016-04-06
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MARR, John resigned
secretary
2016-04-06
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officers · AP01
2016-04-06
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officers · TM02
2016-04-06
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officers · AP03
2016-02-25
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accounts · AA
2011-01-01
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MARR, John appointed
secretary
2011-01-01
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PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria resigned
secretary
2011-01-01
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PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria resigned
director
2005-07-04
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PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria appointed
director
2000-05-24
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PATTERSON, Alan John appointed
director
2000-05-24
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PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria appointed
secretary
2000-05-23
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Company incorporated
As AJPATTERSON LIMITED
2000-05-23
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2000-05-23
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-23
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-05-23
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

99/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATTERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-05-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC14131 — Manufacture of other men's outerwear

Registered office

62 Evelyn Drive

Pinner

Harrow

Middlesex

HA5 4RR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-06

Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PATTERSON, Heather→

secretary · appointed 2016-04-06

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Active

PATTERSON, Alan John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-05-24

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Active

PATTERSON, Heather→

director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-06

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Active

MARR, John→

secretary · appointed 2011-01-01 · resigned 2016-04-06

Resigned

PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria→

secretary · appointed 2000-05-24 · resigned 2011-01-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-23 · resigned 2000-05-23

Resigned

PATTERSON, Ashley Victoria→

director · ~52y · appointed 2005-07-04 · resigned 2011-01-01

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-23 · resigned 2000-05-23

Resigned

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