AJ'S HANDYMAN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06835632 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-03
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 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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 (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0200

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-03-11
    ➕
    BLIGH, Andrew Anthony appointed
    director
  10. 2019-10-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AJ'S HANDYMAN SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2009-03-03
    ➕
    BLIGH, Sharon May appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-03
    ➕
    BLIGH, Anthony John appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-03
    ➕
    BLIGH, Sharon May appointed
    director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony John Bligh
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Rocklands Business Park
Oxencombe Road
Chudleigh
Devon
TQ13 0GT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BLIGH, Sharon May→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-03
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Active
BLIGH, Andrew Anthony→
director · ~29y · appointed 2020-03-11
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Active
BLIGH, Anthony John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-03-03
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Active
BLIGH, Sharon May→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16