AJS MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10653561 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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, 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AJS MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
- 2017-03-06➕SMYTH, Alastair James appointeddirector
- 2017-03-06➕SMYTH, Kristina Louise appointeddirector
- 2017-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alastair James Smyth Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A & M 24CARE LTD→ 11232530 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AGP PIPEWORK SERVICES LIMITED→ 15831613 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AJB EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED→ 16818030 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALCIDAE CONSULTING LTD→ 15895465 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALDERFEN LTD→ 11329514 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ALEX SOWTER VENTURES LTD→ 13840115 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ALEXANDRITE RECRUITMENT LIMITED→ 10630544 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ALIGN SOLUTIONS GLOBAL LTD→ 16943039 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLENS CADGE & GILBERT LTD→ 10133039 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ALPHA QUALITY SERVICES LTD→ 13175791 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALPHA SURVEYS (EAST ANGLIA) LTD→ 13551478 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ALPIGN SERVICES LIMITED→ 05769487 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Evolution House Iceni Court
Delft Way
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 6BB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SMYTH, Alastair James→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2017-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMYTH, Kristina Louise→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2017-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25