3P TECHNIK UK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05502034 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,286,861
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£234k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£680k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.29M | £1.29M |
| Current assets | £679.8k | £1.15M |
| Cash | £233.5k | £659.6k |
| Debtors | £110.0k | £67.9k |
| Net assets | £1.29M | £1.28M |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-04📄mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2025-10-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-06➕EMBLETON, Morag appointeddirector
- 2023-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-12-17➕HYETT, Glyn Andrew, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2009-12-17➖RAPTHEL, Sina resignedsecretary
- 2007-06-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2005-07-07🏢Company incorporatedAs 3P TECHNIK UK LIMITED
- 2005-07-07➕HYETT, Glyn Andrew, Dr appointeddirector
- 2005-07-07➕RAPTHEL, Sina appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-07➕7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-07➖7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-07➕7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2005-07-07➖7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr. Glyn Andrew Hyett Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/10/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dr Glyn Andrew Hyettceased 01/10/2025· 75-100% shares
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
Celtic House Unit 3
Parc Teifi Business Park
Cardigan
SA43 1EW
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
HYETT, Glyn Andrew, Dr→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EMBLETON, Morag→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2024-02-06
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HYETT, Glyn Andrew, Dr→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-07-07
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RAPTHEL, Sina→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2009-12-17
7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2005-07-07
7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2005-07-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 29/06/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2026-02-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16