ACJW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09701738 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 Assets
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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 · accounting standard unknown
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

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-19
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ACJW LIMITED
  16. 2015-07-24
    ➕
    WATKINS, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-07-24
    ➕
    SMITH, Julie appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-24
    ➕
    WATKINS, Christopher 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 67 — 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 67. 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sean Davies Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 11/2001 · age 25
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/10/2024
Mr Christopher Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Watkinsceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

6 Leiros Parc Drive
Neath
SA10 7EW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WATKINS, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-24
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Active
SMITH, Julie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-07-24
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Active
WATKINS, Christopher→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-07-24
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-25