AJM PLANNING ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05334973 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-18
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£705
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 £705
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£705
↑ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£705£478
Current assets£7.9k£11.2k
Cash£3.9k£7.2k
Debtors£4.0k£4.0k
Net assets£705£478

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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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. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-03
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    address · AD01
  12. 2018-12-03
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-02-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-06
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    MCGLUE, Helen Mary resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-09-06
    ➖
    MCGLUE, Helen Mary resigned
    director
  18. 2005-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AJM PLANNING ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  19. 2005-01-18
    ➕
    MCGLUE, Anthony James appointed
    director
  20. 2005-01-18
    ➕
    MCGLUE, Helen Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-01-18
    ➕
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-01-18
    ➖
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-01-18
    ➕
    MCGLUE, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2005-01-18
    ➕
    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-01-18
    ➖
    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony James Mcglue
Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Haines Watts Wolverhampton Limited Keepers Lane
The Wergs
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV6 8UA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MCGLUE, Anthony James→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGLUE, Helen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-18 · resigned 2014-09-06
Resigned
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-18 · resigned 2005-01-18
Resigned
MCGLUE, Helen Mary→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-01-18 · resigned 2014-09-06
Resigned
MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-18 · resigned 2005-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20