AJB FINANCE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11168666 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-25
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
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-10-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-02-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AJB FINANCE LTD
  14. 2018-01-25
    ➕
    BRAND, Adam Jackson appointed
    director
  15. 2018-01-25
    ➕
    BRAND, Lyndsey Claire appointed
    director
  16. 2018-01-25
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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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lyndsey Claire Brand
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/01/2018
Mr Adam Jackson Brand
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/01/2018

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
Incorporated2018-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

C/O Charterwells
43-45 High Road
Bushey Heath
WD23 1EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRAND, Adam Jackson→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-01-25
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Active
BRAND, Lyndsey Claire→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-01-25
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-26