A & J MARTIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05485685 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-21

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£30.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £30,203

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£30k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£81k

↑ 6.9% 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	£30.2k	£27.1k
Current assets	£81.1k	£75.9k
Cash	—	£70.0k
Debtors	—	£234
Net assets	£30.2k	£25.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-07-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-06-21
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2016-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-06-21
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Company incorporated
As A & J MARTIN LIMITED
2005-06-21
➕
MARTIN, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2005-06-21
➕
MARTIN, Andrew Patrick appointed
director
2005-06-21
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MARTIN, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
director
2005-06-21
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-21
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-21
➕
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-06-21
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "MARTIN" — 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 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Patrick Martin Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Elizabeth Martin Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2005-06-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Fox & Goose, Newlands Road

Lancaster

Lancashire

LA1 4JF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MARTIN, Joanne Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-21

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Active

MARTIN, Andrew Patrick→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-06-21

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Active

MARTIN, Joanne Elizabeth→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-06-21

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2005-06-21

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-21 · resigned 2005-06-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	30/07/2018	—

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-16

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2026-03-03