AJU2 LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
08789491 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-25
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
£4.87M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Loss-making
Loss before tax £633,959
Revenue decline
Turnover down 20% YoY
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year
Turnover YoY
-20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4.87M | £6.07M |
| Gross profit | £3.88M | £5.69M |
| Operating profit | £1.65M | £4.61M |
| Profit before tax | £-634.0k | £2.42M |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-21📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-12➖HIRANI, Leena resigneddirector
- 2025-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-03-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-03-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-05-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-04-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-01➕COETZEE, Russell Steven appointeddirector
- 2021-09-01➖VAZANA, Odelya, Ms. resigneddirector
- 2021-08-25➕HIRANI, Leena appointeddirector
- 2020-03-31➖FRISCH, Erez resigneddirector
- 2020-03-31➕VAZANA, Odelya, Ms. appointeddirector
- 2019-03-05➖DAGAN, Geva resigneddirector
- 2019-03-05➕FRISCH, Erez appointeddirector
- 2018-10-26➖JONES, Ann resignedsecretary
- 2018-10-26➖COULTER, John resigneddirector
- 2018-10-26➕DAGAN, Geva appointeddirector
- 2018-10-26➖JONES, Ann resigneddirector
- 2018-10-26➖KATZ, Uzi resigneddirector
- 2013-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs AJU2 LIMITED
- 2013-11-25➕JONES, Ann appointedsecretary
- 2013-11-25➕COULTER, John appointeddirector
- 2013-11-25➕JONES, Ann appointeddirector
- 2013-11-25➕KATZ, Uzi appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Grand City Properties S.A. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Grand City Properties S.A.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
⬇
AJU2 LIMITED
This company · 08789491
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand City Properties S.A. Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/10/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Coulterceased 26/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Ann Jonesceased 26/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Property · WC postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A HOME OXFORD LTD→ 15292829 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACUMEN BAY INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 15418308 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADK INVEST LTD→ 13327881 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AEROCLINIQUE LTD→ 15689633 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AEVA PROPERTIES LTD→ 11198946 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 13243778 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AFFINITY RELOCATIONS LTD→ 15137331 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AFH PROPERTY HOLDINGS LTD→ 16671195 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AFIYA HOMES LTD→ 16543211 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AFRICA WELL BY EXEMPTION LTD→ 16803120 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AFRICAN GIRL LIMITED→ 04427622 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| AFRICAN HUB LTD→ 16355825 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
2nd Floor Kingsbourne House
229-231 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7DA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)
COETZEE, Russell Steven→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-11-25 · resigned 2018-10-26
COULTER, John→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2013-11-25 · resigned 2018-10-26
DAGAN, Geva→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2018-10-26 · resigned 2019-03-05
FRISCH, Erez→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-03-05 · resigned 2020-03-31
HIRANI, Leena→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2021-08-25 · resigned 2026-01-12
JONES, Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2013-11-25 · resigned 2018-10-26
KATZ, Uzi→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2013-11-25 · resigned 2018-10-26
VAZANA, Odelya, Ms.→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2020-03-31 · resigned 2021-09-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19