AJC RACING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04104604 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£-9.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

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 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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 £9,898

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£10k

↓ 427% YoY

Current Assets

£353

↓ 71% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£-9.9k	£-1.4k
Current assets	£353	£1.2k
Net assets	£-9.9k	£-1.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-24
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2025-06-12
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2024-04-30
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2023-01-17
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2022-01-25
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2021-01-05
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2020-04-16
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2019-04-13
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2018-04-20
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2017-04-26
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2016-01-30
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2015-12-01
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2015-07-23
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2014-12-05
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2014-07-29
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2000-11-09
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Company incorporated
As AJC RACING LIMITED
2000-11-09
➕
CURSON, Tracy Joan appointed
secretary
2000-11-09
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CURSON, Stephen Adrian appointed
director
2000-11-09
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-09
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-09
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-09
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Adrian Curson Individual · English · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

25 Cloudesdale Road

London

SW17 8ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CURSON, Tracy Joan→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-09

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Active

CURSON, Stephen Adrian→

director · ~59y · appointed 2000-11-09

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2000-11-09

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2000-11-09

Resigned

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