AJ TENSILE GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09371241 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£278.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
32 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £277,992
Net assets shrinking
Down £154,856 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£278k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£287k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£88k£177k£265k£353k£441kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£495.1k£563.1k
Current assets£286.8k£441.4k
Net assets£278.0k£432.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-26
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    CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur resigned
    director
  4. 2024-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-03-26
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-03-14
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    capital · SH03
  7. 2024-03-13
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-04-17
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  16. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-04-01
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    JERRUM, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-01
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    CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AJ TENSILE GROUP LIMITED
  21. 2015-01-02
    ➕
    DRISCOLL, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mark Jerrum
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard Christopher Arthur Cherryceased 14/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2015-01-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

4 Castle Way
Severn Bridge Industrial Estate
Portskewett
Monmouthshire
NP26 5PR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DRISCOLL, Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-01-02
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Active
JERRUM, Andrew Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-04-01
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Active
CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2024-03-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/04/2018—
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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-26
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-03-14
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09