AJS IT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06772693 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-15
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,437

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£4k
↑ 70% YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£15k-£6k£3k£12k£21k£30kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-3.3k£-13.9k
Current assets£18.7k£29.7k
Net assets£-4.4k£-15.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-08
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-08
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    TRENT NOMINEES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2013-02-06
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    NICHOLS, Paula appointed
    director
  18. 2008-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AJS IT SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2008-12-15
    ➕
    SCRIMGEOUR, Andrew James appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-15
    ➕
    TRENT NOMINEES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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 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
Miss Paula Nichols
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Scrimgeour
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

92 Friern Gardens
Wickford
Essex
SS12 0HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

NICHOLS, Paula→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCRIMGEOUR, Andrew James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRENT NOMINEES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2014-10-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-27