A J GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06620133 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-13
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
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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 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees15001500

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-02-02
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    STEPHENSON, Mark resigned
    director
  7. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-10-25
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    STEPHENSON, Mark appointed
    director
  10. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-26
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2008-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As A J GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2008-06-13
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    JOENN, Brian Michael appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-06-13
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    JOENN, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2008-06-13
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    JOENN, Brian Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Paul Joenn
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Brian Michael Joenn
Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-06-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 27 Star Trading Estate
Ponhir Road
Caerleon
NP18 1PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JOENN, Brian Michael→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-13
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Active
JOENN, Andrew Paul→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-06-13
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Active
JOENN, Brian Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-06-13
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Active
STEPHENSON, Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-10-25 · resigned 2022-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-18