3:15 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05477774 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£31.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 1 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,096

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£31k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£386
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£12k£19k£25k£31kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£31.1k£31.1k
Current assets£386£386
Net assets£31.1k£31.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-11-04
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  5. 2021-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-23
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-07
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-23
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-16
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-06-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-06-08
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    HAMES, Lynne Sandra appointed
    director
  18. 2005-06-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 3:15 LIMITED
  19. 2005-06-10
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    HAMES, Lynne Sandra appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-06-10
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    ROSE, Alex Walter appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-10
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-06-10
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr Alex Walter Rose
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board 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
Incorporated2005-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

23 Honeysuckle Road
Widmer End
High Wycombe
HP15 6BW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HAMES, Lynne Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-10
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Active
HAMES, Lynne Sandra→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-06-08
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Active
ROSE, Alex Walter→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-06-10
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-10 · resigned 2005-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13