A J LUDLOW LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11234804 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-05

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

£99.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20301

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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 £99,840

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£100k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£99.8k	£69.0k
Current assets	£1.0k	£1.9k
Net assets	£99.8k	£80.4k

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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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officers · CH01
2022-08-22
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officers · CH01
2022-08-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-22
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address · AD01
2021-05-06
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accounts · AA
2020-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-07
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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address · AD01
2018-03-05
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Company incorporated
As A J LUDLOW LTD
2018-03-05
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LUDLOW, Andrew John appointed
director
2018-03-05
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LUDLOW, Meiru Wei, Mrs. appointed
director
2018-03-05
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LUDLOW" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+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

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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
Mr Andrew John Ludlow Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	05/03/2018
Mrs. Meiru Wei Ludlow Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	05/03/2018

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

Incorporated2018-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC20301 — SIC 20301

Registered office

10 St. Patricks Hill

Llanreath

Pembroke Dock

SA72 6XQ

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUDLOW, Andrew John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-03-05

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LUDLOW, Meiru Wei, Mrs.→

director · ~54y · appointed 2018-03-05

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