A J DAVIES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07632367 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-12
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
£38.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
47 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £38,192

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£38k
↑ 109% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£33k£50k£66k£83kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£42.3k£30.5k
Current assets£54.1k£83.0k
Net assets£38.2k£18.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-11-17
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-11-13
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    OAKES, Lois resigned
    director
  11. 2020-10-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-10-21
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    MILLIGAN, Catherine Jane appointed
    director
  13. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-02-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2012-10-01
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    OAKES, Lois appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A J DAVIES LTD
  21. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    DAVIES, Anthony John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAVIES" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony John Davies
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/05/2016

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
Incorporated2011-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 11 Paxton Business Centre
Whittle Road
Churchfields Industrial Estate
Salisbury
SP2 7YR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Anthony John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-05-12
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Active
MILLIGAN, Catherine Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKES, Lois→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2020-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20