A.J. SMITH CARPENTRY & BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04568585 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-04-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-04-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2019-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-05-04
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    SMITH, Joanne Lesley appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-05-04
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    SMITH, Aaron James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J. SMITH CARPENTRY & BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  19. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    SMITH, Aaron James appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    SMITH, Joanne Lesley appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    SMITH, Aaron James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-10-21
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-10-21
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-10-21
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "SMITH" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mr Aaron James Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Lesley Smith
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

C/O Philip Bowdidge Accountancy 34 Ringwood Road
Walkford
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 5RD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Joanne Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Aaron James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Joanne Lesley→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Aaron James→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2002-10-21
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2002-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-04-04