3 ZERO 2 RACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05023874 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-23
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£29.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
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 £29,094

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 2104% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↑ 125% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£26k£38k£51k£64kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£29.1k£1.3k
Current assets£63.9k£28.4k
Net assets£29.1k£1.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-07-26
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2021-05-04
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  6. 2021-02-01
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  7. 2021-02-01
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  8. 2020-03-19
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  9. 2019-07-25
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  10. 2018-09-14
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  11. 2017-09-25
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  12. 2016-09-28
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  13. 2016-02-15
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  14. 2015-09-28
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  15. 2015-02-12
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  16. 2004-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 ZERO 2 RACE LIMITED
  17. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    BOSWORTH, Nigel Ewers appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    BOSWORTH, Jane, Director appointed
    director
  19. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    BOSWORTH, Nigel Ewers appointed
    director
  20. 2004-01-23
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-01-23
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-01-23
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2004-01-23
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Bosworth
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/01/2020
Mr Nigel Ewers Bosworth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

99 Hinckley Road
Stoke Golding
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV13 6ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOSWORTH, Nigel Ewers→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSWORTH, Jane, Director→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSWORTH, Nigel Ewers→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
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2025-09-01
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2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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2024-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30