3PEAKS SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03760575 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-28

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£-1.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,533

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£220

↓ 92% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-1.5k	£-1.0k
Current assets	£220	£2.7k
Net assets	£-1.5k	£-1.0k

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

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

2025-06-20
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2022-06-22
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2021-06-16
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2020-02-27
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2019-02-18
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2018-01-08
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2017-01-17
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2016-05-24
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2016-02-09
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2015-05-06
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officers · CH01
2009-04-30
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IRVING, Martin Kenneth resigned
secretary
1999-07-09
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MCNICHOLL, Amanda Isobel appointed
director
1999-07-09
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MCNICHOLL, Daniel appointed
director
1999-07-09
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BRANDWOOD, Christopher Mark resigned
secretary
1999-07-09
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IRVING, Martin Kenneth appointed
secretary
1999-07-09
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FITZGERALD, David Sean resigned
director
1999-04-28
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Company incorporated
As 3PEAKS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
1999-04-28
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BRANDWOOD, Christopher Mark appointed
secretary
1999-04-28
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FITZGERALD, David Sean appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Daniel Mcnicholl Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/04/2017
Mrs Amanda Isobel Mcnicholl Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/04/2017

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

Incorporated1999-04-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Summit House 35 Church Road

Lymm

Cheshire

WA13 0QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-03

Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCNICHOLL, Amanda Isobel→

director · ~66y · appointed 1999-07-09

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Active

MCNICHOLL, Daniel→

director · ~69y · appointed 1999-07-09

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Active

BRANDWOOD, Christopher Mark→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-07-09

Resigned

IRVING, Martin Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-09 · resigned 2009-04-30

Resigned

FITZGERALD, David Sean→

director · ~66y · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-07-09

Resigned

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