AJH AUTOMOTIVE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14727254 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-13
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£153.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £153,379
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£153k
↑ 169% YoY
Current Assets
£197k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £154.6k | £57.8k |
| Current assets | £196.8k | £166.4k |
| Net assets | £153.4k | £57.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AJH AUTOMOTIVE LTD
- 2023-03-13➕HUDSON, Alistair James appointeddirector
- 2023-03-13➕HUDSON, Victoria appointeddirector
- 2023-03-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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 Alistair James Hudson Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 13/03/2023 |
Mrs Victoria Hudson Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/04/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Ajh Automotive Ltd Dragonville Industrial Estate
Rennys Lane
Durham
Durham
DH1 2RQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HUDSON, Alistair James→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUDSON, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/10/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (13 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-13