AJV LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04518920 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees200200

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-07-08
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  3. 2024-06-26
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  4. 2023-05-22
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  5. 2022-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-23
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    ORCHARD, Karen Lesley appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-06-11
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  9. 2020-10-12
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  10. 2020-07-17
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-07-17
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-09-17
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  13. 2018-08-14
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  14. 2018-08-14
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    address · AD01
  15. 2018-05-09
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  16. 2017-10-09
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  17. 2016-11-29
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  18. 2002-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AJV LIMITED
  19. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    ORCHARD, Karen Lesley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-08-27
    ➕
    VOGEL, Alexander John appointed
    director
  21. 2002-08-27
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-08-27
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-08-27
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    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2002-08-27
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    OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 24 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander John Vogel
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

47 Talbot Avenue
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP13 5JA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ORCHARD, Karen Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-27
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Active
ORCHARD, Karen Lesley→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-05-23
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Active
VOGEL, Alexander John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-27
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Active
THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2002-08-27
Resigned
OXFORD FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-08-27 · resigned 2002-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-17