3 QUOTES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04001875 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-25

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Web portals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-29
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-06-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-07-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2000-05-26
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ELSTON, Mark appointed
secretary
2000-05-26
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ELSTON, Carol Anne appointed
director
2000-05-26
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-26
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-05-25
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Company incorporated
As 3 QUOTES LIMITED
2000-05-25
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-25
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Carol Anne Elston Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	24/05/2017

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

Incorporated2000-05-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

6 Kingswood Gardens

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS8 2BP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ELSTON, Mark→

secretary · appointed 2000-05-26

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Active

ELSTON, Carol Anne→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-05-26

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-05-26

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-05-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-05-12

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-04-29