3DT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06328469 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-30

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£254.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other software publishing

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

64304Activities of open-ended investment companies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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

9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 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 £254,040

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£254k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£60k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£22.7k	£23.2k
Current assets	£59.5k	£59.5k
Net assets	£254.0k	£253.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

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2013-06-04
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale resigned
secretary
2013-06-04
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale resigned
secretary
2013-06-04
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale resigned
director
2010-06-09
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale appointed
secretary
2010-06-09
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale appointed
secretary
2010-06-09
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FINDLATER, Ross William resigned
secretary
2008-10-22
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VINE, Sam appointed
director
2008-10-10
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BULL-DOMICAN, Richard John appointed
director
2008-10-10
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FINDLATER, Ross William appointed
secretary
2008-10-10
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WOOD, Jonathan resigned
secretary
2008-10-03
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WOOD, Jonathan resigned
director
2007-07-30
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Company incorporated
As 3DT LIMITED
2007-07-30
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WOOD, Jonathan appointed
secretary
2007-07-30
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-07-30
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
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2007-07-30
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BRODERICK, Dinsdale appointed
director
2007-07-30
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WOOD, Jonathan appointed
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Dinsdale Broderick Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	29/07/2016

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

Incorporated2007-07-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58290 — Other software publishing

Registered office

Riverside Fox's Marina The Strand

Wherstead

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP2 8NJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-13

Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BULL-DOMICAN, Richard John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-10-10

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Active

VINE, Sam→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-10-22

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Active

BRODERICK, Dinsdale→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-09 · resigned 2013-06-04

Resigned

BRODERICK, Dinsdale→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-09 · resigned 2013-06-04

Resigned

FINDLATER, Ross William→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-10 · resigned 2010-06-09

Resigned

WOOD, Jonathan→

secretary · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2008-10-10

Resigned

INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2007-07-30

Resigned

BRODERICK, Dinsdale→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2013-06-04

Resigned

WOOD, Jonathan→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2008-10-03

Resigned

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