A J BELL TRUST

🌳Matureactive

07566567 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2011-03-16

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

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-04-08
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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accounts · AA
2020-06-09
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accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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BARROW, Paul Bernard appointed
director
2019-09-20
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CLEMENTS, Paul Desmond appointed
director
2019-09-20
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officers · AP01
2019-09-20
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officers · AP01
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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address · AD01
2019-06-20
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address · AD01
2018-06-20
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accounts · AA
2018-05-21
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officers · AP03
2018-05-21
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officers · TM02
2018-05-18
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SPEKSNIJDER, Esther Ellen Jantina appointed
secretary
2018-05-18
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SUMMERSGILL, Michael Thomas resigned
secretary
2017-07-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-05-24
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accounts · AA
2012-01-09
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SUMMERSGILL, Michael Thomas appointed
secretary
2011-03-16
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Company incorporated
As A J BELL TRUST
2011-03-16
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BELL, Andrew James appointed
director
2011-03-16
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BELL, Tracey Anne appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mr Andrew James Bell Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Tracey Anne Bell Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2011-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Blythe Hall Blythe Lane

Lathom

Ormskirk

L40 5TY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

SPEKSNIJDER, Esther Ellen Jantina→

secretary · appointed 2018-05-18

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Active

BARROW, Paul Bernard→

director · ~68y · appointed 2019-09-20

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Active

BELL, Andrew James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-16

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Active

BELL, Tracey Anne→

director · ~56y · appointed 2011-03-16

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Active

CLEMENTS, Paul Desmond→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-09-20

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Active

SUMMERSGILL, Michael Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2012-01-09 · resigned 2018-05-18

Resigned

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