3MINDS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04698178 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-14
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 27900SIC 27900
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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  3. 2023-11-23
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-12-01
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  6. 2020-12-14
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  7. 2019-11-20
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  8. 2018-11-19
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  9. 2017-12-12
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  10. 2016-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-15
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  12. 2015-12-07
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  13. 2015-03-23
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  14. 2014-11-20
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  15. 2014-03-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-04-02
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    HOLLOWAY, Michael John resigned
    secretary
  17. 2013-04-02
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    HOLLOWAY, Michael John resigned
    director
  18. 2003-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As 3MINDS LTD
  19. 2003-03-14
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    LOVATT, Andrew Fraser appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-14
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    WALL, Daniel appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-14
    ➕
    HOLLOWAY, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-14
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    HOLLOWAY, Michael John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Fraser Lovatt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/03/2017

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
Incorporated2003-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26120 — SIC 26120

Registered office

10 Ravensdale Close
Walsall
West Midlands
WS5 3PY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LOVATT, Andrew Fraser→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-03-14
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Active
WALL, Daniel→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-03-14
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Active
HOLLOWAY, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2013-04-02
Resigned
HOLLOWAY, Michael John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2013-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-14