AJW BUSINESS ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09334200 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-01
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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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-29
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    WAKELIN, Andrea appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2019-10-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AJW BUSINESS ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  18. 2014-12-01
    ➕
    WAKELIN, Andrew Jeremy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-01
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

83a Heol Y Parc
Pontarddulais
Swansea
SA4 0XX
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WAKELIN, Andrea→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-09-29
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Active
WAKELIN, Andrew Jeremy→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-12-01
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22