A4JWA LTD
🌳Matureactive
07305208 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 13.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|
| 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
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25➕ALLEN, John William appointeddirector
- 2026-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-04-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-01-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-01-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-08-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-08-13📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2019-07-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-07-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-07-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2013-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: John William Allen
- 2011-03-01➕ALLEN, Delyth Margaret appointeddirector
- 2010-07-06🏢Company incorporatedAs A4JWA LTD
- 2010-07-06➕ALLEN, John William appointeddirector
- 2010-07-06➕LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-07-06➖LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-07-06➕COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointeddirector
- 2010-07-06➖COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
23/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALLEN, John William (same surname) appointed 2026-02-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Delyth Margaret Allen Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/07/2019 |
Mr John William Allen Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Christopher Paul Bourchier Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/12/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 3AT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
ALLEN, Delyth Margaret→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALLEN, John William→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2026-02-25
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ALLEN, John William→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-06 · resigned 2010-07-06
COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2010-07-06 · resigned 2010-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | John William Allen | Legal charge | 1 property | 28/03/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24