AJ LYON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC344464 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£13.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,293

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£13k
↑ 139% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£15k£22k£29k£37kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£15.1k£7.4k
Current assets£25.0k£36.5k
Net assets£13.3k£5.6k

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-04
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-16
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  6. 2020-11-13
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  7. 2019-08-23
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  8. 2018-09-14
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  9. 2017-09-15
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  10. 2016-10-17
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  11. 2016-06-17
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  12. 2015-11-10
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  13. 2015-06-29
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  14. 2014-10-30
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  15. 2014-07-14
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  16. 2013-12-02
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  17. 2008-06-27
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    LYON, Janice Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AJ LYON LIMITED
  19. 2008-06-17
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    LYON, Andrew James, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-17
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    LYON, Janice Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LYON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mrs Janice Ann Lyon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

11 Stennis Gardens
Edinburgh
EH17 7QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LYON, Janice Ann→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-27
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LYON, Andrew James, Dr→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-06-17
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Active
LYON, Janice Ann→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-06-17
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Recent filings (40 total)

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2025-09-26
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2025-06-20
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2024-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2022-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
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2021-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-19
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accounts · AA
2018-09-14