3BIT STUDIO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06041411 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-04
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-302023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-04-10
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2026-03-23
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  4. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-16
    ➕
    HANSPAL, Meena appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2017-01-20
    ➖
    WONG, William resigned
    director
  19. 2017-01-16
    ➖
    WONG, William resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-01-06
    ➕
    HANSPAL, Jatinder Singh appointed
    director
  21. 2007-01-06
    ➕
    WONG, William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-01-06
    ➕
    WONG, William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-01-05
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-01-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3BIT STUDIO LIMITED
  26. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2007-01-04
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jatinder Singh Hanspal
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Meena Hanspal
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/02/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Wongceased 20/01/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2007-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

Unit C17, Kestrel Business Centre Private Road 2
Colwick Industrial Estate
Nottingham
NG4 2JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HANSPAL, Jatinder Singh→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANSPAL, Meena→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WONG, William→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-06 · resigned 2017-01-16
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-04 · resigned 2007-01-05
Resigned
WONG, William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2007-01-06 · resigned 2017-01-20
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-04 · resigned 2007-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-10
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31