AJ ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07195415 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-19
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-14.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Site preparation
Sector: Construction
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 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £14,790
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£542
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
-£15k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £542 | £1.4k |
| Net assets | £-14.8k | £-10.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-11📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs AJ ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2010-03-19➕ELSE, Anthony Robert George appointeddirector
- 2010-03-19➕ELSE, Jason Charles Edward appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Robert George Else Individual · British · DOB 09/1941 · age 85 | — | 75–100% | board control75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 01/01/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jason Charles Edward Elseceased 03/04/2022· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43120 — Site preparation
Registered office
Mill Lodge 5 Mill Lane
Gosmore
Hitchin
SG4 7RN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ELSE, Anthony Robert George→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2010-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELSE, Jason Charles Edward→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-22