A&J ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07479667 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-30
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.
Key financials
2 years 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26➖TREVORROW, Matthew resigneddirector
- 2022-09-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-31➕TREVORROW, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2022-01-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-12-30🏢Company incorporatedAs A&J ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
- 2010-12-30➕TREVORROW, Aidan appointeddirector
- 2010-12-30➕TREVORROW, June appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Aidan Trevorrow Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 50–75% | — | board control50-75% shares · board control | 30/12/2016 |
Mrs June Trevorrow Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 30/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery
Registered office
20-22 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
TREVORROW, Aidan→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2010-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TREVORROW, June→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TREVORROW, Matthew→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-01-31 · resigned 2022-09-26
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-31