AJMAL & BROWN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

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04690880 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-07

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£6.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,727

Cash YoY

+175%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↑ 175% YoY

Net Worth

£7k

↑ 107% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↑ 78% 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	£6.7k	£3.3k
Current assets	£8.1k	£4.5k
Cash	£5.8k	£2.1k
Debtors	£2.3k	£2.4k
Net assets	£6.7k	£3.3k

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

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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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-20
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2022-07-15
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2021-06-21
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2020-07-02
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2019-08-01
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2018-08-20
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2016-09-22
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2016-03-29
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2015-12-11
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2015-03-12
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2014-03-11
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2003-03-07
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Company incorporated
As AJMAL & BROWN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
2003-03-07
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AJMAL, Yasmin Zaineb Catherine appointed
secretary
2003-03-07
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AJMAL, Yasmin Zaineb Catherine appointed
director
2003-03-07
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BROWN, Martin Jeremy appointed
director
2003-03-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2003-03-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

98/100

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 "AJMAL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Ms Yasmin Zaineb Catherine Ajmal Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Martin Jeremy Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Allison Road

London

N8 0AN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AJMAL, Yasmin Zaineb Catherine→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-07

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Active

AJMAL, Yasmin Zaineb Catherine→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-03-07

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Active

BROWN, Martin Jeremy→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-03-07

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-07

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-07

Resigned

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