3H ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06377020 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£38.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27900

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £38,503

Cash YoY

+168%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£29k

↑ 168% YoY

Net Worth

£39k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£41k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£38.8k	£31.7k
Current assets	£41.5k	£33.3k
Cash	£28.8k	£10.7k
Debtors	£3.7k	£17.5k
Net assets	£38.5k	£31.5k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-06-11
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2023-05-09
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2022-04-21
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2021-06-10
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2020-03-09
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2019-03-08
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2018-06-22
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2014-09-24
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2007-09-20
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Company incorporated
As 3H ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS LIMITED
2007-09-20
➕
HUGHES, Joan appointed
secretary
2007-09-20
➕
HUGHES, Roger Lyndon appointed
director
2007-09-20
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-09-20
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-09-20
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-09-20
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Roger Lyndon Hughes Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-09-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

15 Coxs Lane

Cradley Heath

West Midlands

B64 5NU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HUGHES, Joan→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-20

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Active

HUGHES, Roger Lyndon→

director · ~81y · appointed 2007-09-20

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2007-09-20

Resigned

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