AJS COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11041045 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-31
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 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
1 year 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 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-31🏢Company incorporatedAs AJS COMMERCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2017-10-31➕SYKES, Andrew James Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2017-10-31➕SYKES, Nicola Francesca appointeddirector
- 2017-10-31📄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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Andrew James Kenneth Sykes Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAT TRADE LIMITED→ 15754520 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AJH ENTERPRISES LTD→ 14959715 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AK WORLD TRADEHUB LTD→ 16451991 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AKBAR ALADDIN & CO LTD→ 16122231 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AKJ PLUS UK LTD→ 13612835 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AL-SHANWANI TRADING IMPORT AND EXPORT LTD→ 16964974 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALAYNA COSMETICS AND BEAUTY LIMITED→ 11213390 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ALISHA DESIGNER LIMITED→ 12198378 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ALL DAY STORE TOBACCO LTD→ 16813137 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALL PURPOSE CLEANING AND CATERING SUPPLIES LTD→ 03713077 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| ALL TO ALL MARKETING LIMITED→ 16347719 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALL TRADE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES LTD→ 14994768 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
30 Nelson Street
Leicester
LE1 7BA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SYKES, Andrew James Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SYKES, Nicola Francesca→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02