A.J. EVERITT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05375709 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-25
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-01-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-02-28
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    officers · CH03
  18. 2005-02-25
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J. EVERITT LIMITED
  19. 2005-02-25
    ➕
    EVERITT, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-02-25
    ➕
    EVERITT, Alan James appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-25
    ➕
    EVERITT, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2005-02-25
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    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-02-25
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    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-02-25
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    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2005-02-25
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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
  • +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 "EVERITT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Jane Everitt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alan James Everitt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

11 Fusion Court Aberford Road
Garforth
Leeds
LS25 2GH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EVERITT, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVERITT, Alan James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-02-25
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Active
EVERITT, Susan Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-02-25 · resigned 2005-02-25
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-02-25 · resigned 2005-02-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-16