AJET LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05670398 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-10
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
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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: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
55 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

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
    ➕
    NORRIS, Lewis John appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-06-16
    ➖
    SUMMERSON, Leonard resigned
    secretary
  4. 2025-06-16
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2025-06-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-12-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-08
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2020-05-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2020-04-30
    ➖
    NORRIS, William Ralph resigned
    secretary
  17. 2020-04-30
    ➕
    SUMMERSON, Leonard appointed
    secretary
  18. 2019-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2006-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AJET LIMITED
  22. 2006-01-10
    ➕
    NORRIS, Lewis John appointed
    director
  23. 2006-01-10
    ➕
    NORRIS, William Ralph appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-01-10
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-01-10
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Lewis John Norris
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Louise Norris
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

C/O Atreus Accountants Ltd Arena Business Centre
9 Nimrod Way
Wimborne
BH21 7UH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

NORRIS, Lewis John→
secretary · appointed 2025-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORRIS, Lewis John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORRIS, William Ralph→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2020-04-30
Resigned
SUMMERSON, Leonard→
secretary · appointed 2020-04-30 · resigned 2025-06-16
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-10 · resigned 2006-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-26