3D SCANNERS (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03086571 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£586.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £585,965
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.2m
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£586k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £654.1k | £636.3k |
| Current assets | £1.60M | £1.41M |
| Cash | £1.19M | £1.06M |
| Debtors | £413.2k | £346.8k |
| Net assets | £586.0k | £543.8k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-03-24📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-03-24📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-12-23📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-12-04📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-11-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-28➖AGER, David Anthony resigneddirector
- 2024-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2006-08-11➖GASKELL, Giles Peter resigneddirector
- 2004-04-06➕MOHAN, Juliet appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-06➕ALIMARAS, Nikolas Forster appointeddirector
- 2004-04-06➕MOHAN, Juliet appointeddirector
- 2004-04-05➖GASKELL, Giles Peter resignedsecretary
- 1995-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs 3D SCANNERS (UK) LIMITED
- 1995-08-02➕GASKELL, Giles Peter appointedsecretary
- 1995-08-02➕WING, Clifford Donald appointedsecretary
- 1995-08-02➖WING, Clifford Donald resignedsecretary
- 1995-08-02➕AGER, David Anthony appointeddirector
- 1995-08-02➕GASKELL, Giles Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Juliet Mohan Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Nikolas Forster Alimaras Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
Plestowes Barn Hareway Lane
Barford
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV35 8DD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
ALIMARAS, Nikolas Forster→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2004-04-06
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MOHAN, Juliet→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GASKELL, Giles Peter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-08-02 · resigned 2004-04-05
WING, Clifford Donald→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-08-02 · resigned 1995-08-02
AGER, David Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1995-08-02 · resigned 2024-10-28
GASKELL, Giles Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1995-08-02 · resigned 2006-08-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (119 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-25
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-03-24
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-03-24
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-12-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-12-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14