AJW PARTNERS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15217112 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-17
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,389

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k-£2k-£855-£88£679£1kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£4.8k£5.2k
Current assets£1.0k£1.4k
Net assets£-2.4k£-1.7k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AJW PARTNERS LIMITED
  4. 2023-10-17
    WILLIAMS, Amelia Grace appointed
    director
  5. 2023-10-17
    WILLIAMS, Phil James appointed
    director
  6. 2023-10-17
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phil James Williams
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/10/2023
Mrs Caroline Louise Hill
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/10/2023
Ms Amelia Grace Williams
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Rydon Crest Willand Old Village
Cullompton
Exeter
Devon
EX15 2RQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Amelia Grace
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-10-17
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Active
WILLIAMS, Phil James
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-10-17
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-17