A J BAKER [BUILDERS] LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04490939 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-22
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£89.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £89,395
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£119k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£89k
↑ 78% YoY
Current Assets
£128k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£26k£51k£77k£102k£128kJul 2024Jul 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£89.7k£60.1k
Current assets£127.6k£107.5k
Cash£119.1k£100.5k
Debtors£8.5k£2.5k
Net assets£89.4k£50.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-01-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-12-14
    ➕
    BAKER, Bernice Ellen appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-03-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-03-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-02-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-01-15
    ➖
    BAKER, Marie Beverley resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-09-08
    ➖
    BAKER, Marie Beverley resigned
    director
  20. 2002-07-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A J BAKER [BUILDERS] LIMITED
  21. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    BAKER, Andrew John appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    BAKER, Marie Beverley appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-22
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    BAKER, Marie Beverley appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-07-22
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "BAKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 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

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew John Baker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Bernice Ellen Baker
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/12/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Construction · NR postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A C PEMBROKE (CONSTRUCTION) LTD→
06955216 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————16y——
A J BUILDERS (SUFFOLK) LIMITED→
07595973 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————15y——
A J PALMER BUILDING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED→
05095991 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
————22y——
A.J COOPER (BUILDERS) LTD→
04581158 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
ADAM BROCK PLUMBING & HEATING LTD→
12818182 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ADAMS CONTRACTS & BUILDING SERVICES LTD→
11736986 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
ADI DRY LINERS LTD→
11414203 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
ADS UTILITIES LTD→
14155749 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ADVANCED JOINERY (EAST) LIMITED→
08981058 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————12y——
ADVANCED LIFTING LIMITED→
14035960 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ADVANCED PROPERTY AND HOLDINGS LTD→
13364061 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ADVANCED ROOFING SPECIALISTS LTD→
13112158 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

The Cottage
87 Yarmouth Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR7 0HF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BAKER, Andrew John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Bernice Ellen→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, Marie Beverley→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2014-01-15
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2002-07-22
Resigned
BAKER, Marie Beverley→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2004-09-08
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2002-07-22
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-26