AJ TENSILE MANUFACTURING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10247897 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-23
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£199.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £199,783
Cash YoY
+158%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£62k
↑ 158% YoY
Net Worth
£200k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£481k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £235.5k | £179.5k |
| Current assets | £480.9k | £542.1k |
| Cash | £62.1k | £24.1k |
| Debtors | £178.3k | £308.6k |
| Net assets | £199.8k | £117.9k |
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-26➖CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur resigneddirector
- 2024-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2016-07-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AJ TENSILE MANUFACTURING LIMITED
- 2016-06-23➕DRISCOLL, Paul appointeddirector
- 2016-06-23➕JERRUM, Andrew Mark appointeddirector
- 2016-06-23➕CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur appointeddirector
- 2016-06-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
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
Aj Tensile Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aj Tensile Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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AJ TENSILE MANUFACTURING LIMITED
This company · 10247897
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aj Tensile Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 23/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
4 Castle Way
Severn Bridge Industrial Estate
Portskewett
Monmouthshire
NP26 5PR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DRISCOLL, Paul→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2016-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JERRUM, Andrew Mark→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2016-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHERRY, Richard Christopher Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2016-06-23 · resigned 2024-03-26
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Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-25