3KITES CONSULTING LTD

🌳Matureactive

05644909 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-05

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£251.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £251,021

Net assets shrinking

Down £84,174 YoY

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£241k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£251k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£450k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£253.3k	£337.2k
Current assets	£449.9k	£517.1k
Cash	£240.9k	£274.6k
Debtors	£209.0k	£242.5k
Net assets	£251.0k	£335.2k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-06
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accounts · AA
2025-08-07
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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FARQUHARSON, Melanie Anita resigned
director
2024-07-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-05
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capital · SH06
2024-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-03
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capital · SH03
2024-07-02
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-09
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capital · SH02
2024-02-09
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capital · SH02
2024-02-09
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capital · SH02
2024-02-08
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capital · SH08
2024-02-08
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capital · SH08
2024-02-08
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capital · SH08
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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EDMONDSON, Rachel Sarah appointed
director
2023-04-20
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officers · AP01
2022-12-06
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2021-04-06
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HOWELLS, Jonathan Philip appointed
director
2012-06-30
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PULLMAN, Tony Daniel resigned
director
2008-04-06
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PULLMAN, Tony Daniel appointed
director
2007-07-01
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MITCHELL, Benjamin David resigned
director
2007-04-06
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LONGHURST, Tracy Lynn appointed
director
2006-11-08
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FARQUHARSON, Melanie Anita appointed
director
2006-05-01
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LONGHURST, Paul Douglas appointed
secretary
2006-05-01
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WILSON, John resigned
director
2006-01-15
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LONGHURST, Paul Douglas appointed
director
2005-12-08
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-12-08
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-12-05
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Company incorporated
As 3KITES CONSULTING LTD
2005-12-05
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-12-05
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MITCHELL, Benjamin David appointed
director
2005-12-05
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WILSON, John appointed
director
2005-12-05
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Douglas Longhurst Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	10/06/2024

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Jonathan Philip Howellsceased 16/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Tracy Lynn Longhurstceased 01/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Melanie Anita Farquharsonceased 10/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Paul Douglas Longhurstceased 21/04/2021· 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-12-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Chancery House

30 St Johns Road

Woking

Surrey

GU21 7SA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17