3RDGN LTD

💤Zombieactive
04299967 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-05
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
15 officers (1 active, 15 linked, 7 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-01-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2015-02-20
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    JAGPAL, Harpal Kaur appointed
    director
  19. 2015-02-20
    ➖
    SINGH, Jagpal resigned
    director
  20. 2009-12-15
    ➖
    SINGH, Jagpal resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-05
    ➖
    VICKERS REYNOLDS & CO LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-08-01
    ➕
    SINGH, Jagpal appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-08-01
    ➖
    RANDHAWA, Sarwan Singh resigned
    director
  24. 2009-08-01
    ➕
    SINGH, Jagpal appointed
    director
  25. 2008-09-09
    ➖
    RANDAWA, Surrinder Kaur resigned
    director
  26. 2008-09-09
    ➕
    RANDHAWA, Sarwan Singh appointed
    director
  27. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    RANDHAWA, Jusvir Kaur resigned
    secretary
  28. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    VICKERS REYNOLDS & CO LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2003-05-30
    ➕
    RANDAWA, Surrinder Kaur appointed
    director
  30. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    RANDHAWA, Charnjit Singh resigned
    director
  31. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  33. 2002-06-21
    ➖
    KOBELRAUSCH, Christine resigned
    secretary
  34. 2002-06-21
    ➕
    CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2002-06-21
    ➖
    KOBELRAUSCH, Gerald resigned
    director
  36. 2002-06-21
    ➖
    MURPHY, William Matthew resigned
    director
  37. 2002-05-01
    ➕
    CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  38. 2002-04-30
    ➕
    MURPHY, William Matthew appointed
    director
  39. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    RANDHAWA, Jusvir Kaur appointed
    secretary
  40. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    RANDHAWA, Charnjit Singh appointed
    director
  41. 2001-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 3RDGN LTD
  42. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    KOBELRAUSCH, Christine appointed
    secretary
  43. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  44. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  45. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    KOBELRAUSCH, Gerald appointed
    director
  46. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  47. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

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

60/100
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 25 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Harpal Kaur Jagpal
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Harpal Kaur Jagpalceased 10/01/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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.

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

20-22 Queens Road
Stourport On Severn
DY13 0BH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (1 active · 14 resigned)

JAGPAL, Harpal Kaur→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOBELRAUSCH, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2002-06-21
Resigned
RANDHAWA, Jusvir Kaur→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
SINGH, Jagpal→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-01 · resigned 2009-12-15
Resigned
CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-21 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
CENTRAL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned
VICKERS REYNOLDS & CO LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2009-10-05
Resigned
KOBELRAUSCH, Gerald→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2002-06-21
Resigned
MURPHY, William Matthew→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-04-30 · resigned 2002-06-21
Resigned
RANDAWA, Surrinder Kaur→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-30 · resigned 2008-09-09
Resigned
RANDHAWA, Charnjit Singh→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
RANDHAWA, Sarwan Singh→
director · ~87y · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2009-08-01
Resigned
SINGH, Jagpal→
director · ~38y · appointed 2009-08-01 · resigned 2015-02-20
Resigned
CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-05-01 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
CENTRAL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-11