D3 LTD

💤Zombieactive
04626233 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-31
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 2025
Net worth
£10.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,066

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£13k£20k£26k£33kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£10.1k£9.5k
Current assets£27.5k£33.1k
Net assets£10.1k£8.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2004-03-25
    ➖
    ARNOLD, Michael Joseph resigned
    director
  16. 2004-03-03
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Deborah Jayne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-10-14
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    STEVENS, Julian Nicholas appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    ARNOLD, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-29
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As D3 LTD
  22. 2002-12-31
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-12-31
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 60 — 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 60. 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 24 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
Mr Julian Nicholas Stevens
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Reigny House Cottage & Barns
Newton Reigny
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 0AY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBINSON, Deborah Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENS, Julian Nicholas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-31 · resigned 2003-10-14
Resigned
ARNOLD, Michael Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2004-03-25
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-31 · resigned 2003-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-20