A J PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08277301 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-01
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-13
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  3. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-11-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-06
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-07-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  17. 2013-05-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2012-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A J PROPERTIES LIMITED
  19. 2012-11-01
    ➕
    COCKINGS, Mark John appointed
    director
  20. 2012-11-01
    ➕
    PARISH, Susan Kim appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Susan Kim Parish
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/11/2016
Ms Susan Kim Parish
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark John Cockings
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark John Cockingsceased 13/11/2025· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2012-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Lower Dittisham
Sampford Spiney
Yelverton
Devon
PL20 6LW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COCKINGS, Mark John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-11-01
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Active
PARISH, Susan Kim→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-11-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property12/07/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/05/2013—
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-01