A & J METAL POLISHING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04865426 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-13
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-01-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-07
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  6. 2023-05-24
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  7. 2022-02-21
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  8. 2021-05-20
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  9. 2020-01-21
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  10. 2019-05-10
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  11. 2018-03-15
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  12. 2017-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J METAL POLISHING LIMITED
  17. 2003-08-13
    ➕
    STANDING, Julie Lillian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-13
    ➕
    MILLS, Andrew William appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-13
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-08-13
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-08-13
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-08-13
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew William Mills
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mrs Julie Lillian Standing
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Julie Lillian Standingceased 04/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2003-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

1386 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STANDING, Julie Lillian→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLS, Andrew William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-13 · resigned 2003-08-13
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-13 · resigned 2003-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-21