A.J. HOLDEN JOINERY & BUILDING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05479065 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-13

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,547

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 524% YoY

Current Assets

£23k

↓ 7.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.5k	£248
Current assets	£23.3k	£25.1k
Net assets	£1.5k	£248

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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2024-11-15
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2023-10-30
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2022-11-18
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2022-03-16
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2021-03-29
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2020-03-17
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2019-03-14
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2018-02-06
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accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-18
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2015-07-27
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2015-01-03
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2005-06-13
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Company incorporated
As A.J. HOLDEN JOINERY & BUILDING LIMITED
2005-06-13
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HOLDEN, Nadine appointed
secretary
2005-06-13
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HOLDEN, Andrew appointed
director
2005-06-13
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2005-06-13
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2005-06-13
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2005-06-13
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HOLDEN" — 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.
+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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Holden Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-06-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

9 Victoria Road

Fulwood

Preston

Lancashire

PR2 8ND

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-27

Last: 2026-06-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOLDEN, Nadine→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-13

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Active

HOLDEN, Andrew→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-06-13

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2005-06-13

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2005-06-13

Resigned

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