AJR & ASSOCIATES LTD

🌳Matureactive

07000381 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-25

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 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

47 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-06-13
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2025-05-27
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2024-08-08
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2020-06-12
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accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-06-10
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address · AD01
2019-08-19
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accounts · AA
2018-10-22
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accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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accounts · AA
2016-12-16
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accounts · AA
2016-08-25
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officers · CH01
2015-12-14
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accounts · AA
2012-10-04
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H & H ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-08-25
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Company incorporated
As AJR & ASSOCIATES LTD
2009-08-25
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RIDDELL, Alastair, Dr appointed
director
2009-08-25
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RIDDELL, Elizabeth Joan 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Alastair Riddell Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	25/08/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Joan Riddell Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	25/08/2016

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

Incorporated2009-08-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5a Bath Place

Taunton

TA1 4ER

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

H & H ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-10-04

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Active

RIDDELL, Alastair, Dr→

director · ~77y · appointed 2009-08-25

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Active

RIDDELL, Elizabeth Joan→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-08-25

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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-27

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2025-06-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-06-12

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH04

2020-06-11

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address · AD01

2020-06-10