3G JOINERY AND SHOPFITTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04977320 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43320Joinery installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 21.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
82 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
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Net Worth
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees19001900

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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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2021-11-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2021-08-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-10
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    WILLIAMS, Shaun Lee appointed
    director
  10. 2021-06-10
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    WILKINSON, Steven John resigned
    director
  11. 2021-06-10
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-08-26
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  13. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  14. 2020-02-19
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  15. 2020-02-19
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  16. 2020-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2020-02-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-07-18
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  19. 2018-08-25
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    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2018-08-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2017-11-09
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    WILKINSON, Steven John appointed
    director
  22. 2017-08-04
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Glen resigned
    director
  23. 2006-10-05
    ➖
    KILMARTIN, Garry Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2006-10-05
    ➖
    NICHOLSON, Graham resigned
    director
  25. 2005-04-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sanwa UK Limited
  26. 2004-11-02
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Gary appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-11-02
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Glen resigned
    secretary
  28. 2004-09-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Gary appointed
    director
  29. 2004-01-02
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Glen appointed
    director
  30. 2003-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 3G JOINERY AND SHOPFITTING LIMITED
  31. 2003-11-26
    ➕
    MARSDEN, Susan Elisabeth appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-11-26
    ➖
    MARSDEN, Susan Elisabeth resigned
    secretary
  33. 2003-11-26
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Glen appointed
    secretary
  34. 2003-11-26
    ➕
    ELLIS, Patricia Anne appointed
    director
  35. 2003-11-26
    ➖
    ELLIS, Patricia Anne resigned
    director
  36. 2003-11-26
    ➕
    KILMARTIN, Garry Robert appointed
    director
  37. 2003-11-26
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WILLIAMS, Shaun Lee (same surname) appointed 2021-06-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Gary Williams
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Glen Williamsceased 04/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 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
Incorporated2003-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Unit 7 Riverside Place
Bridgewater Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 0RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-02
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Active
WILLIAMS, Gary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-09-20
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Active
WILLIAMS, Shaun Lee→
director · ~37y · appointed 2021-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSDEN, Susan Elisabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-26 · resigned 2003-11-26
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Glen→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-26 · resigned 2004-11-02
Resigned
ELLIS, Patricia Anne→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-11-26 · resigned 2003-11-26
Resigned
KILMARTIN, Garry Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-26 · resigned 2006-10-05
Resigned
NICHOLSON, Graham→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-11-26 · resigned 2006-10-05
Resigned
WILKINSON, Steven John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-11-09 · resigned 2021-06-10
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Glen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-01-02 · resigned 2017-08-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Sanwa UK
Sanwa UK Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property06/04/200525/08/2018

Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-11-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-11-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25