3SGROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05143582 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-02
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
74 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
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-10-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-10-01
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    JEFFS, Simon Peter appointed
    director
  13. 2020-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    PINDOLIA, Paresh resigned
    director
  19. 2005-10-12
    ➖
    LEA, Leonard John resigned
    director
  20. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    LEA, Leonard John appointed
    director
  21. 2004-10-01
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    PINDOLIA, Paresh appointed
    director
  22. 2004-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 3SGROUP LIMITED
  23. 2004-06-02
    ➕
    JAMES, Christopher Francis appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-06-02
    ➕
    JAMES, Christopher Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2004-06-02
    ➕
    WOOD, Steven David appointed
    director
  26. 2004-06-02
    ➕
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-06-02
    ➖
    UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2004-06-02
    ➕
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2004-06-02
    ➖
    UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven David Wood
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares02/06/2017
Mr Christopher James
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/06/2017

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
Incorporated2004-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

8a Cranmere Road
Oakhampton
Devon
EX20 1UE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

JAMES, Christopher Francis→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-02
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Active
JAMES, Christopher Francis→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-06-02
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Active
JEFFS, Simon Peter→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-10-01
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Active
WOOD, Steven David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-06-02
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Active
UK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-02 · resigned 2004-06-02
Resigned
LEA, Leonard John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2005-10-12
Resigned
PINDOLIA, Paresh→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
UK INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-06-02 · resigned 2004-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-24