A.J. QUINN BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04249872 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-11

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 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£2.34M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,344,302

Cash YoY

+17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.2m

↑ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£2.3m

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£2.2m

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£2.52M	£2.35M
Current assets	£2.19M	£1.93M
Cash	£1.19M	£1.02M
Debtors	£785.7k	£701.0k
Net assets	£2.34M	£2.12M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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accounts · AA
2025-09-04
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accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
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capital · SH08
2024-06-19
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capital · SH08
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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capital · SH08
2021-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-09-23
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accounts · AA
2019-05-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-11-30
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QUINN, Allan John appointed
director
2016-11-30
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QUINN, Penelope Jane appointed
director
2016-04-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Samantha appointed
secretary
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Patrick appointed
director
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Samantha appointed
director
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Sean appointed
director
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Penelope Jane resigned
secretary
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Allan John resigned
director
2011-03-31
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QUINN, Penelope Jane resigned
director
2002-12-31
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QUINN, Penelope Jane appointed
director
2001-07-11
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Company incorporated
As A.J. QUINN BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2001-07-11
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QUINN, Penelope Jane appointed
secretary
2001-07-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-07-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-07-11
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QUINN, Allan John appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "QUINN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan John Quinn Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Penelope Jane Quinn Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-07-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Storage Warehouse Railway Terrace

Sebastopol

Pontypool

Torfaen

NP4 5EJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-08

Last: 2026-05-25