A J T GROUNDCARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04555046 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-07

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£45.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47799

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.8y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 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 £45,228

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£45k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£60k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£46.2k	£32.8k
Current assets	£60.2k	£44.2k
Cash	—	£34.3k
Debtors	—	£1.8k
Net assets	£45.2k	£32.8k

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 (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-22
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2017-02-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-03-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: C Duddy Limited
2005-03-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: C Duddy Limited
2004-07-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-10-07
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Company incorporated
As A J T GROUNDCARE LIMITED
2002-10-07
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THOMAS, Lorraine Carole appointed
secretary
2002-10-07
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THOMAS, Andrew Jeremy appointed
director
2002-10-07
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-07
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Jeremy Thomas Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Lorraine Carole Thomas Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	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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8 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

Incorporated2002-10-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47799 — SIC 47799

Registered office

Tanybryn, Pontdolgoch

Caersws

Powys

SY17 5NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

THOMAS, Lorraine Carole→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-07

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Active

THOMAS, Andrew Jeremy→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-07

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-07 · resigned 2002-10-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	C Duddy C Duddy Limited	Transfer	1 property	16/03/2005	—
outstanding	C Duddy C Duddy Limited	Transfer	1 property	16/03/2005	—
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	30/07/2004	22/02/2017

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