A M J GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09719470 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£399.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45400SIC 45400
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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, 2 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
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
30 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £399,242
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£399k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£80k£160k£240k£319k£399kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£459.3k£360.4k
Current assets£105.2k£89.1k
Cash£6.5k£12.1k
Net assets£399.2k£311.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-17
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    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-07-30
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    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2018-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Finance Wales Investments (10) LTD
  17. 2017-08-25
    ➕
    JENKINS, Michele Rebecca Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2017-08-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2017-08-25
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    officers · CH01
  20. 2015-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A M J GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2015-08-05
    ➕
    JENKINS, Andrew Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Michele Rebecca Jane Jenkins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2019
Andrew Mark Jenkins
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2015-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Synod Garage, Synod Inn
Llandysul
Ceredigion
Wales
SA44 6JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JENKINS, Andrew Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-08-05
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Active
JENKINS, Michele Rebecca Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-08-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Finance Wales Investments (10)
Finance Wales Investments (10) LTD
A registered charge—02/10/2017—
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-30