A.J.P.R. ENGINEERING LIMITED

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SC224755 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£24.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £24,875
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,232 YoY
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£25k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£16k£23k£31k£39kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£24.9k£38.1k
Current assets£26.0k£39.1k
Cash£24.6k£37.5k
Debtors£1.4k£1.7k
Net assets£24.9k£38.1k

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.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-20
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-05-15
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  4. 2022-08-05
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  5. 2022-06-20
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  6. 2022-06-20
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  7. 2022-06-20
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  8. 2022-06-20
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  9. 2022-06-14
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  10. 2021-04-15
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  11. 2020-06-05
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  12. 2019-07-12
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  13. 2018-06-05
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  14. 2017-05-16
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  15. 2016-07-11
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  16. 2001-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As A.J.P.R. ENGINEERING LIMITED
  17. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Lynda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alan James Peter appointed
    director
  19. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-10-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-10-30
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-10-30
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan James Peter Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
Mrs Lynda Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

33 Deeside Brae
Aberdeen
AB12 5UE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Lynda→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-30
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Active
ROBERTSON, Alan James Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-10-30
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2001-10-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2001-10-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
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accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15