A & J INNOVATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07625793 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33170

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2200	2000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-10
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accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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accounts · AA
2019-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-27
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annual-return · AR01
2014-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-09-30
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SMITH, Leigh Anne appointed
secretary
2011-09-30
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SMITH, Andrew resigned
secretary
2011-05-09
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Company incorporated
As A & J INNOVATIONS LTD
2011-05-09
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SMITH, Andrew appointed
director
2011-05-09
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TAYLOR, Justin appointed
director
2011-05-09
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SMITH, Andrew appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

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 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	—	—	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

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-05-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Unit 9 Stour Vale Industrial Estate

Stourvale Road, Lye

Stourbridge

West Midlands

DY9 8PN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-23

Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Leigh Anne→

secretary · appointed 2011-09-30

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Active

SMITH, Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-05-09

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Active

TAYLOR, Justin→

director · ~53y · appointed 2011-05-09

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Active

SMITH, Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-09 · resigned 2011-09-30

Resigned

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