3D DISPLAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02443398 · ltd · incorporated 1989-11-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
109 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees5800

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2023-12-13
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2021-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-26
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    BELLERBY BROWN, Helen resigned
    secretary
  7. 2020-08-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2020-05-20
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  9. 2019-04-29
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  10. 2018-04-04
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  11. 2017-03-16
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  12. 2016-03-03
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  13. 2015-11-16
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  14. 2015-03-24
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  15. 2015-01-23
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2008-02-11
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    WALKER, Stefan appointed
    director
  17. 2008-02-06
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    BELLERBY BROWN, Helen resigned
    director
  18. 2008-02-06
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    MORRIS, Angie Karen resigned
    director
  19. 2006-12-19
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    BELLERBY BROWN, Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-12-19
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    MORRIS, Angie Karen resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-11-30
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    BELLERBY BROWN, Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2001-03-27
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    MORRIS, Angie Karen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-03-27
    ➖
    RAY, Beverley Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-03-27
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    MORRIS, Angie Karen appointed
    director
  25. 1994-02-21
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    MORRIS, Susan Gwendoline resigned
    secretary
  26. 1994-02-21
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    RAY, Beverley Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  27. 1994-01-01
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    MORRIS, Susan Gwendoline resigned
    director
  28. 1989-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D DISPLAYS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 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 37 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger David Morris
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
50–75%
—50-75% shares16/11/2016

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
Incorporated1989-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

18 Canterbury Road
Whitstable
Kent
CT5 4EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MORRIS, Roger David→
director · ~78y
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Active
WALKER, Stefan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELLERBY BROWN, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-19 · resigned 2020-08-26
Resigned
MORRIS, Angie Karen→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-27 · resigned 2006-12-19
Resigned
MORRIS, Susan Gwendoline→
secretary · resigned 1994-02-21
Resigned
RAY, Beverley Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-21 · resigned 2001-03-27
Resigned
BELLERBY BROWN, Helen→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2008-02-06
Resigned
MORRIS, Angie Karen→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-03-27 · resigned 2008-02-06
Resigned
MORRIS, Susan Gwendoline→
director · ~78y · resigned 1994-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
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accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18