ALEXANDER JONES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06869087 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£50.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50,920
Cash YoY
+48238%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54k
↑ 48238% YoY
Net Worth
£51k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£153k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£33k£67k£100k£134k£167kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£55.4k£66.6k
Current assets£152.8k£167.3k
Cash£54.1k£112
Debtors£98.7k£167.2k
Net assets£50.9k£50.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-23
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    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2021-06-17
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    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  12. 2021-06-08
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    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-10-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-10-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-10-23
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-09-30
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    COX, Steven Alan Lissant, Doctor resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-12
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    COX, Steven Alan Lissant, Doctor appointed
    director
  20. 2009-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER JONES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  21. 2009-04-03
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    BABB, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    HINCH, Michael Craig appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-03
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-04-03
    ➖
    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Doctor Steven Alan Lissant Cox
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Paul Babb
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Michael Craig Hinch
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2009-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Unit C2a Comet Studios De Havilland Court
Penn Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BABB, Paul→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HINCH, Michael Craig→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2009-04-03
Resigned
COX, Steven Alan Lissant, Doctor→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-10-12 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-06-23