3DMD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04080651 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2024-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-08-01
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    LANE, Marina appointed
    secretary
  8. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2013-06-21
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    DELACOMBE, Christopher Rohan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Kelly Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2002-01-16
    ➕
    DELACOMBE, Christopher Rohan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-01-16
    ➖
    CK CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-01-16
    ➖
    STRANGWAYES BOOTH, Dermot Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2002-01-15
    ➕
    LANE, Christopher Ronald appointed
    director
  24. 2000-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 3DMD LIMITED
  25. 2000-09-29
    ➕
    CK CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-09-29
    ➕
    STRANGWAYES BOOTH, Dermot Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

3dmd Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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3dmd Technologies Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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3DMD LIMITED
This company · 04080651

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
3dmd Technologies Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

55 Loudoun Rd St John's Wood
London
NW8 0DL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LANE, Marina→
secretary · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Kelly Susan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANE, Christopher Ronald→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DELACOMBE, Christopher Rohan→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-16 · resigned 2013-06-21
Resigned
CK CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2002-01-16
Resigned
STRANGWAYES BOOTH, Dermot Robert→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-09-29 · resigned 2002-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10