A.J.W. MOTORCYCLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04714971 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-28
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,342
Net assets shrinking
Down £52 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 3.7% YoY
Current Assets
£92
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£279£558£836£1k£1kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-142024-07-14
Total assets£1.3k£1.4k
Current assets£92£144
Net assets£1.3k£1.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-09-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-05-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-05-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-05-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-05-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2021-05-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-05-01
    ➕
    WHEATON, Andrew Roy appointed
    secretary
  16. 2021-05-01
    ➕
    WHEATON, Max appointed
    director
  17. 2021-05-01
    ➖
    WHEATON, Mark David resigned
    secretary
  18. 2020-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2008-01-05
    ➖
    WHEATON, Daphne Jean resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-01-05
    ➕
    WHEATON, Mark David appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-17
    ➖
    WHEATON, Roy Kenneth resigned
    director
  23. 2007-01-05
    ➕
    WHEATON, Andrew Roy appointed
    director
  24. 2003-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.J.W. MOTORCYCLES LIMITED
  25. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    WHEATON, Daphne Jean appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    WHEATON, Roy Kenneth appointed
    director
  29. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Roy Wheaton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Daphne Jean Wheatonceased 07/07/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Max Wheatonceased 10/09/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Mark David Wheatonceased 01/05/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2003-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Holly House, Ivy Lane
Great Brickhill
Milton Keynes
Bucks
MK17 9AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last made up to: 2025-07-14
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WHEATON, Andrew Roy→
secretary · appointed 2021-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATON, Andrew Roy→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATON, Max→
director · ~22y · appointed 2021-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATON, Daphne Jean→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2008-01-05
Resigned
WHEATON, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-05 · resigned 2021-05-01
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned
WHEATON, Roy Kenneth→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2007-02-17
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13