AJ SKYBLUE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12211307 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-17
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

22 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 6.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
22 charges (22/22 with lender, 22/22 with type)
90
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 mortgage
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • 10 mortgage
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-07-01
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    Charge registered #22
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  3. 2026-06-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2026-06-02
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2026-06-01
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    Charge registered #21
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  6. 2026-04-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2026-04-15
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    Charge satisfied #20
  8. 2026-04-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2026-04-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2026-04-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2026-04-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2026-03-26
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    Charge registered #20
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  13. 2026-03-26
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    Charge registered #19
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  14. 2026-03-26
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    Charge registered #18
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  15. 2026-03-26
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    Charge registered #17
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  16. 2026-03-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2026-03-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2026-03-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #16
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  19. 2026-03-18
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  20. 2026-02-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2026-02-02
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  22. 2026-01-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2026-01-23
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  24. 2026-01-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  25. 2026-01-05
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Godiva Mortgages Limited
  26. 2025-07-05
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    address · AD01
  27. 2025-07-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  28. 2025-07-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  29. 2025-07-04
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    officers · CH01
  30. 2025-07-04
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    officers · CH01
  31. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  32. 2025-03-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  33. 2025-02-28
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  34. 2025-02-12
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  35. 2025-02-11
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  36. 2024-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  37. 2024-10-03
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  38. 2022-04-29
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  39. 2021-12-20
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  40. 2020-10-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  41. 2020-06-09
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  42. 2020-05-15
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  43. 2020-02-18
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  44. 2020-02-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  45. 2020-02-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  46. 2020-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
  47. 2019-09-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AJ SKYBLUE LTD
  48. 2019-09-17
    COLLIS, Andrew Neil appointed
    director
  49. 2019-09-17
    COLLIS, Jennifer Kay appointed
    director

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

1 med · 1 low
11 new charges in last 12 months
medium

Heavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.

Evidence: 2026-07-01: A registered charge; 2026-06-01: A registered charge; 2026-03-26: A registered charge

21 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Neil Collis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/09/2019
Mrs Jennifer Kay Collis
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/09/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

First Floor, The Foundation Herons Way
Chester Business Park
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 9GB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLLIS, Andrew Neil
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-09-17
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COLLIS, Jennifer Kay
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-09-17
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Mortgages & charges

22
Total charges
21
Outstanding
5
Active lenders
Status:Lender:22 of 22 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property01/07/2026
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property01/06/2026
satisfied
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/202615/04/2026
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2026
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2026
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2026
outstanding
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property18/03/2026
outstanding
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property18/03/2026
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property02/02/2026
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/01/2026
outstanding
Godiva Mortgages
Godiva Mortgages Limited
A registered charge1 property05/01/2026
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/02/2025
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/02/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property29/04/2022
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property20/12/2021
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/10/2020
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property09/06/2020
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/05/2020
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property18/02/2020
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property14/02/2020
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property03/02/2020
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/01/2020
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Recent filings (46 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-07-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-05