3 DIMENSIONAL PUBLISHING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03199040 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-15

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£-19.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
98000Residents property management

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £19,189

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£19k

↓ 70% YoY

Current Assets

£78k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£-13.7k	£185
Current assets	£78.4k	£51.3k
Net assets	£-19.2k	£-11.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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2024-11-29
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2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts · AA
2020-09-25
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officers · CH03
2020-09-25
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officers · CH03
2020-06-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-03
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officers · CH01
2019-11-27
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accounts · AA
2018-11-22
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accounts · AA
2017-11-24
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accounts · AA
2016-11-30
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accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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2012-12-01
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QUEVA, Marie Joelle Shirley resigned
director
1996-05-15
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Company incorporated
As 3 DIMENSIONAL PUBLISHING LIMITED
1996-05-15
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QUEVA, Damion Jason appointed
secretary
1996-05-15
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QUEVA, Damion Jason appointed
director
1996-05-15
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SECRETAIRE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-05-15
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SECRETAIRE LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-05-15
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QUEVA, Marie Joelle Shirley appointed
director
1996-05-15
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MARRIOTTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-05-15
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MARRIOTTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Damion Jason Queva Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	16/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-05-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Airport House

Suite 43-45, Purley Way

Croydon

Surrey

CR0 0XZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

QUEVA, Damion Jason→

secretary · appointed 1996-05-15

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Active

QUEVA, Damion Jason→

director · ~56y · appointed 1996-05-15

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Active

SECRETAIRE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-05-15

Resigned

QUEVA, Marie Joelle Shirley→

director · ~59y · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 2012-12-01

Resigned

MARRIOTTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-05-15

Resigned

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