AJS EDUCATION ASSESSMENT CONSULTANCY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15313119 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-28
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£7.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,924

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£8k
Current Assets
£23k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£7.9k
Current assets£22.6k
Net assets£7.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2023-11-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AJS EDUCATION ASSESSMENT CONSULTANCY LTD
  4. 2023-11-28
    STOREY, Alanna Jane appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Alanna Jane Storey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

5a Ver Road
St. Albans
AL3 4QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

STOREY, Alanna Jane
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-11-28
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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-28