A.J.P. SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06133108 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£4.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

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

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 £4,178

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,407 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↓ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£4.9k	£7.3k
Current assets	£8.6k	£12.8k
Net assets	£4.2k	£6.6k

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-15
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-14
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-04-07
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2007-03-01
🏢
Company incorporated
As A.J.P. SERVICES LIMITED
2007-03-01
➕
PETHERAM, Sarah Jean appointed
secretary
2007-03-01
➕
PETHERAM, Anthony John appointed
director
2007-03-01
➕
PETHERAM, Sarah Jean appointed
director
2007-03-01
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-03-01
➖
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-03-01
➕
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-03-01
➖
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Anthony John Petheram Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Jean Petheram Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Construction · EX postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A J HEARD BUILDERS LIMITED→ 06160138 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
A.J. PROCTOR BUILDERS LIMITED→ 04647257 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
ADVENTURE BUILD LTD→ 10471784 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AE SERVICES (ELECTRICAL) LTD→ 16356320 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AELFRYTH HOLDINGS LTD→ 14826786 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
AELFRYTH INVESTMENTS LTD→ 13573970 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
AF EXTERNAL WORKS LIMITED→ 16550185 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UK (DEVON) LIMITED→ 05403180 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UK (KERNOW) LIMITED→ 05405069 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
AFIT COMMERCIAL LTD→ 09401624 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
AG CLIMATICS LTD→ 12269373 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AGC ENERGY LTD→ 16850804 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Tallis House

Blackborough

Cullompton

Devon

EX15 2HJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PETHERAM, Sarah Jean→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PETHERAM, Anthony John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PETHERAM, Sarah Jean→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2007-03-01

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-01 · resigned 2007-03-01

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.