A. J. & L. TAYLOR UK LTD

💤Zombieactive

05954015 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-03

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£70.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 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 £70,275

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,596 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£70k

↓ 8.6% YoY

Current Assets

£77k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£71.5k	£78.0k
Current assets	£77.3k	£86.7k
Net assets	£70.3k	£76.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2025-03-18
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accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-03-03
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accounts · AA
2021-02-25
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accounts · AA
2020-07-01
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accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-08-23
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capital · SH03
2019-08-15
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officers · TM01
2019-07-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-07-10
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capital · SH06
2019-06-27
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GRAHAM, Elizabeth Margaret resigned
director
2019-04-16
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accounts · AA
2018-03-19
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accounts · AA
2017-01-17
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accounts · AA
2006-10-12
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WARBURTON, Stephen Howard appointed
secretary
2006-10-12
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WARBURTON, Stephen Howard appointed
director
2006-10-12
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GRAHAM, Elizabeth Margaret appointed
director
2006-10-04
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-10-04
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2006-10-03
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Company incorporated
As A. J. & L. TAYLOR UK LTD
2006-10-03
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2006-10-03
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Stephen Howard Warburton Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Elizabeth Margaret Grahamceased 27/06/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-10-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32200 — SIC 32200

Registered office

3 Thorpe Street

Ramsbottom

Bury

Lancashire

BL0 9QJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WARBURTON, Stephen Howard→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-12

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Active

WARBURTON, Stephen Howard→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-12

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-03 · resigned 2006-10-04

Resigned

GRAHAM, Elizabeth Margaret→

director · ~70y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2019-06-27

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-03 · resigned 2006-10-04

Resigned

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