3 D DECOR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02499056 · ltd · incorporated 1990-05-04
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (73/100).

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-08-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-07-31
    ➖
    BURROWS, Roy resigned
    director
  12. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-07-31
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    SWAIN, Freda resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-07-31
    ➖
    SWAIN, David Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2003-07-04
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    TAYLOR, Keith appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-07-04
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    TAYLOR, Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    BURROWS, Roy appointed
    director
  23. 1998-07-31
    ➖
    SWAIN, David Michael resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-08-01
    ➕
    SWAIN, Freda appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-07-31
    ➖
    ROEBUCK, Derek Warren resigned
    director
  26. 1995-03-31
    ➖
    GETHING, Sylvia Valerie resigned
    secretary
  27. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    SWAIN, David Michael appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-03-31
    ➖
    GETHING, David Allan resigned
    director
  29. 1990-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3 D DECOR LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
Mr Keith Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Roy Burrowsceased 31/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1990-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

2 Windermere Avenue
Kirk Hallam
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 4FQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-03
Last: 2025-04-19

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

TAYLOR, Keith→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Keith→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GETHING, Sylvia Valerie→
secretary · resigned 1995-03-31
Resigned
SWAIN, David Michael→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1998-07-31
Resigned
SWAIN, Freda→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned
BURROWS, Roy→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-07-04 · resigned 2020-07-31
Resigned
GETHING, David Allan→
director · ~94y · resigned 1995-03-31
Resigned
ROEBUCK, Derek Warren→
director · ~95y · resigned 1996-07-31
Resigned
SWAIN, David Michael→
director · ~88y · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-05