AJC ENGINEERING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

13144101 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-19

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71129Other engineering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

12 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	200	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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2025-05-23
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2024-03-19
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accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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2021-04-04
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officers · CH01
2021-01-19
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Company incorporated
As AJC ENGINEERING LTD
2021-01-19
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CLARKE, Andrew James appointed
director
2021-01-19
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CLARKE, Susan appointed
director
2021-01-19
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 5 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 63. 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
Mrs Susan Clarke Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	19/01/2021
Mr Andrew James Clarke Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	19/01/2021

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

Incorporated2021-01-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

10 Ripley Close

Bedlington

NE22 6NR

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKE, Andrew James→

director · ~57y · appointed 2021-01-19

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CLARKE, Susan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2021-01-19

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