A & J MATTHEWS ENGINEERING LTD

🌳Matureactive
08629790 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-30
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
7
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-05-01
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-04
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  11. 2023-05-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J MATTHEWS ENGINEERING LTD
  19. 2013-07-30
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Alan Hugh appointed
    director
  20. 2013-07-30
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Jeannette Mary Regine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "MATTHEWS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Hugh Matthews
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jeannette Mary Regine Matthews
Individual · South African · DOB 01/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

15 Vanguard Way
Cardiff
CF24 5PJ
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MATTHEWS, Alan Hugh→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-07-30
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Active
MATTHEWS, Jeannette Mary Regine→
director · ~83y · appointed 2013-07-30
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-04