AJ & ASSOCIATES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

10705918 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-03

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£460

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £460

Net assets shrinking

Down £52 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£460

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£460	£512
Current assets	—	£52
Net assets	£460	£512

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2026-01-17
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accounts · AA
2025-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-25
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accounts · AA
2019-06-03
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address · AD01
2019-06-03
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address · AD01
2018-12-28
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accounts · AA
2017-04-03
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Company incorporated
As AJ & ASSOCIATES LTD
2017-04-03
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ALDRIDGE, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-04-03
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REINHEIMER-JONES, Therese appointed
director
2017-04-03
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Therese Reinheimer-Jones Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	03/04/2017
Ms Jayne Elizabeth Aldridge Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	03/04/2017

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

Incorporated2017-04-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

272 Crawley Road

Horsham

West Sussex

RH12 4HG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-12

Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ALDRIDGE, Jayne Elizabeth→

director · ~58y · appointed 2017-04-03

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REINHEIMER-JONES, Therese→

director · ~48y · appointed 2017-04-03

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Active

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