AJL ROADMARKING LTD

🌳Matureactive
04035614 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-18
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 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£190.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £190,576
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£132k
↓ 2.7% YoY
Net Worth
£191k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£185k
↓ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£191kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£201.0k£160.7k
Current assets£184.7k£187.1k
Cash£131.7k£135.4k
Debtors£48.0k£46.7k
Net assets£190.6k£141.1k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-08-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2020-09-04
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2015-08-04
    ➖
    LANGRIDGE, Andrew John resigned
    secretary
  20. 2015-08-04
    ➖
    LANGRIDGE, Andrew John resigned
    director
  21. 2012-05-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2011-02-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2010-06-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
  24. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    WISBY, Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2006-11-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2000-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AJL ROADMARKING LTD
  27. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    LANGRIDGE, Kathleen Maria appointed
    director
  28. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    LANGRIDGE, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  29. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-07-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    LANGRIDGE, Andrew John appointed
    director
  32. 2000-07-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2000-07-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 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

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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kathleen Maria Langridge
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Landgate Chambers
24 Landgate
Rye
East Sussex
TN31 7LJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LANGRIDGE, Kathleen Maria→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WISBY, Robert→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGRIDGE, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2015-08-04
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2000-07-18
Resigned
LANGRIDGE, Andrew John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2015-08-04
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-18 · resigned 2000-07-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/05/2012—
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services Limited
Debenture1 property28/06/201004/09/2020
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/11/200604/02/2011
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22