A. J. D. OFF ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07310739 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-12
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£56.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,772
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,451 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 59% YoY
Cash YoY
-59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£787
↓ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£57k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£76k
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£32k£48k£64k£80kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£61.4k£81.3k
Current assets£76.2k£80.4k
Cash£787£1.9k
Debtors£15.4k£8.7k
Net assets£56.8k£75.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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  2. 2025-03-07
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  5. 2022-02-21
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  6. 2021-07-30
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  7. 2020-03-23
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  8. 2019-04-16
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  9. 2018-01-05
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  10. 2017-04-28
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  11. 2016-06-17
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  12. 2016-06-17
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  13. 2016-06-01
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    DEGIULIO, Paula Louise appointed
    director
  14. 2016-04-28
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  15. 2016-03-22
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  16. 2015-07-22
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  17. 2010-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A. J. D. OFF ROAD LIMITED
  18. 2010-07-12
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    DEGIULIO, Paula Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-07-12
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    DEGIULIO, Andrew John appointed
    director
  20. 2010-07-12
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-12
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Degiulio
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2016
Mrs Paula Louise Degiulio
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew John Degiulioceased 31/05/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2010-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Belfry House
Bell Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 1BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DEGIULIO, Paula Louise→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-12
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Active
DEGIULIO, Andrew John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-07-12
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Active
DEGIULIO, Paula Louise→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-06-01
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2010-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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2026-01-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-13
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accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
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accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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2023-07-14
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accounts · AA
2022-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
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accounts · AA
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-04-16