A J ENGINEERING UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
05083839 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-25
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-23.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,280
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,381 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 23150% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£23k-£1k£21k£43k£65k£87kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-15.8k£17.6k
Current assets£47.0k£86.8k
Net assets£-23.3k£101

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-28
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    DAINES, Gillian Ann resigned
    director
  5. 2024-06-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-03-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2018-03-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-03-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-06-17
    ➕
    BAXTER, James Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2004-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As A J ENGINEERING UK LTD
  20. 2004-03-25
    ➕
    BAXTER, Gillian Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-03-25
    ➕
    BAXTER, Alan appointed
    director
  22. 2004-03-25
    ➕
    DAINES, Gillian Ann appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Alan Baxter
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016
Mr James Peter Baxter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Century House Lincoln Road
Aisthorpe
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 2SG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BAXTER, Gillian Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-25
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Active
BAXTER, Alan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-03-25
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Active
BAXTER, James Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-06-17
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Active
DAINES, Gillian Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-03-25 · resigned 2024-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25