3DTP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04863686 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-03
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-29
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2015-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2003-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 3DTP LIMITED
  19. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    HALES, Alan Stanley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    HALES, Alan Stanley appointed
    director
  21. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    TAMBLYN, Gary Mark 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Mark Tamblyn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/08/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 A Green Lane
Redruth
Cornwall
TR15 1JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HALES, Alan Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
HALES, Alan Stanley→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active
TAMBLYN, Gary Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-08-12
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—05/02/2015—
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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-03-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18