3 DIMENSIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04619145 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1000900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-12
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-11
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    capital · SH08
  10. 2019-06-11
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    capital · SH10
  11. 2019-06-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cambridge City Council
  17. 2002-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 DIMENSIONS LIMITED
  18. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    BURTENSHAW, Lesley Diane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    BURTENSHAW, Justin Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2002-12-17
    ➕
    IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-12-17
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    IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Justin Alexander Burtenshaw
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Lesley Diane Burtenshaw
Individual · Canadian · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Unit 14 Barnwell Business Park
Barnwell Drive
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB5 8UZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BURTENSHAW, Lesley Diane→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-17
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Active
BURTENSHAW, Justin Alexander→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-12-17
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Active
IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-17 · resigned 2002-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cambridge City Council
Rent deposit deed1 property15/05/2008—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-06-13