3B INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03524035 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 28.2y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (1 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 mortgage
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-04-21
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Swig 7 Limited
  3. 2026-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-02
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-03-02
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2023-03-02
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2023-03-02
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  11. 2023-03-02
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2023-03-02
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2023-03-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-02-28
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2023-02-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-02-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2023-02-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    HOWARD, Claire Louise resigned
    secretary
  19. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    HOWARD, Claire Louise resigned
    director
  20. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    HOWARD, Trevor Edward resigned
    director
  21. 2022-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-04-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-08-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-03-12
    ➕
    BROWN, James Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2017-01-27
    ➕
    HOWARD, Trevor Edward appointed
    director
  26. 2014-02-26
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited
  27. 2013-11-08
    ➖
    HACKLAND, Suzanne Patricia resigned
    director
  28. 2013-05-24
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  29. 2010-01-31
    ➖
    HACKLAND, Bryn Richard resigned
    director
  30. 2003-08-31
    ➖
    CULM, Darren John resigned
    director
  31. 2001-10-20
    ➖
    CLUM, Claire resigned
    secretary
  32. 2001-10-20
    ➕
    HOWARD, Claire Louise appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-10-20
    ➖
    BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest resigned
    director
  34. 2001-10-20
    ➖
    BOOTH, Rosina Ann resigned
    director
  35. 2001-10-20
    ➕
    CULM, Darren John appointed
    director
  36. 2001-10-20
    ➕
    HACKLAND, Bryn Richard appointed
    director
  37. 2001-10-20
    ➕
    HACKLAND, Suzanne Patricia appointed
    director
  38. 2001-10-20
    ➕
    HOWARD, Claire Louise appointed
    director
  39. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    BOOTH, Rosina Ann appointed
    director
  40. 2000-10-18
    ➖
    BRETT, Kerry Moros resigned
    director
  41. 2000-10-11
    ➖
    BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest resigned
    secretary
  42. 2000-10-11
    ➕
    CLUM, Claire appointed
    secretary
  43. 1998-09-02
    ➖
    BIGGINS, Robert Alan resigned
    director
  44. 1998-03-16
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  45. 1998-03-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3B INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  46. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest appointed
    secretary
  47. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 1998-03-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  49. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    BIGGINS, Robert Alan appointed
    director
  50. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Edward Brown
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—50-75% shares07/02/2023

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Former Clearwood Building Stanley Way
Cardrew Industrial Estate
Redruth
Cornwall
TR15 1SS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (1 active · 14 resigned)

BROWN, James Edward→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2000-10-11
Resigned
CLUM, Claire→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-11 · resigned 2001-10-20
Resigned
HOWARD, Claire Louise→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-20 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1998-03-09
Resigned
BIGGINS, Robert Alan→
director · ~61y · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1998-09-02
Resigned
BOOTH, Geoffrey Ernest→
director · ~87y · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2001-10-20
Resigned
BOOTH, Rosina Ann→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2001-10-20
Resigned
BRETT, Kerry Moros→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 2000-10-18
Resigned
CULM, Darren John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-10-20 · resigned 2003-08-31
Resigned
HACKLAND, Bryn Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-10-20 · resigned 2010-01-31
Resigned
HACKLAND, Suzanne Patricia→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-10-20 · resigned 2013-11-08
Resigned
HOWARD, Claire Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-10-20 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
HOWARD, Trevor Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-01-27 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-09 · resigned 1998-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Swig 7
Swig 7 Limited
A registered charge—21/04/2026—
satisfied
South West Investment Group (Capital)
South West Investment Group (Capital) Limited
A registered charge1 property26/02/201402/03/2023
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/05/201302/03/2023
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property16/03/199802/03/2023
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Recent filings (120 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-01
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06