AJW GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04559872 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-10

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£239.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.5y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review 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 £238,960

Net assets shrinking

Down £93,348 YoY

Cash YoY

+67%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↑ 67% YoY

Net Worth

£239k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£289k

↓ 71% 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	£239.0k	£332.3k
Current assets	£289.1k	£996.4k
Cash	£18.7k	£11.2k
Debtors	£270.4k	£985.2k
Net assets	£239.0k	£332.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

• 5 capital

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 capital
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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capital · SH08
2026-06-09
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capital · SH08
2026-06-09
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capital · SH08
2026-06-09
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capital · SH08
2026-06-09
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capital · SH08
2026-01-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-23
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WOODS, Charlotte Louise appointed
director
2024-04-23
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WOODS, Gareth Mark appointed
director
2024-04-23
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WOODS, Thomas Luke appointed
director
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-23
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officers · AP01
2024-04-16
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capital · SH01
2024-01-15
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accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-16
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mortgage · MR04
2023-10-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-01-07
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accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-06-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-12-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Marketfinance Limited
2009-10-11
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WOODS, Julie appointed
director
2002-10-10
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Company incorporated
As AJW GROUP LIMITED
2002-10-10
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WOODS, Julie appointed
secretary
2002-10-10
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WOODS, Alan John appointed
director
2002-10-10
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-10
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-10-10
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BUYVIEW LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-10-10
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BUYVIEW LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WOODS, Charlotte Louise (same surname) appointed 2024-04-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-07

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Woods Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/03/2019
Mr Alan John Woods Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-10-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies

Registered office

Units 6-7 Honeysome Industrial Estate

Honeysome Road

Chatteris

Cambridgeshire

PE16 6TG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-07OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-23