AJEL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11931186 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-08
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒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: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 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 accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees3

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AJEL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  9. 2019-04-08
    ➕
    HEATLEY-SHAKESHAFT, David appointed
    director
  10. 2019-04-08
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    HEATLEY-SHAKESHAFT, Melanie appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-08
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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 7 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
David Heatley-Shakeshaft
Individual · British · DOB 08/1983 · age 43
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control08/04/2019
Melanie Heatley-Shakeshaft
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/04/2019

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
Incorporated2019-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Glebe Business Park
Lunts Heath Road
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 5SQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HEATLEY-SHAKESHAFT, David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEATLEY-SHAKESHAFT, Melanie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-04-08