3DEC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06476998 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-18
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-03-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-02-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-01-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-26📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-12-22➕MEAGHER, Claire appointeddirector
- 2025-12-22➖LEWIS, Emma Louise resignedsecretary
- 2025-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee)
- 2025-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2011-05-21➕LEWIS, Dylan appointeddirector
- 2011-05-21➕LEWIS, Emma Louise appointedsecretary
- 2011-05-20➖BARNETT, Belinda resignedsecretary
- 2011-05-20➖LAIT, Emma resigneddirector
- 2008-01-18🏢Company incorporatedAs 3DEC LIMITED
- 2008-01-18➕BARNETT, Belinda appointedsecretary
- 2008-01-18➕LAIT, Emma appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Ethos Engineering Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Ethos Engineering Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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3DEC LIMITED
This company · 06476998
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethos Engineering Uk Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 22/12/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Dylan Lewisceased 22/12/2025· 25-50% shares
- Emma Louise Lewisceased 22/12/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
52 High Street
Pinner
Middx
HA5 5PW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
LEWIS, Dylan→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2011-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEAGHER, Claire→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARNETT, Belinda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-01-18 · resigned 2011-05-20
LEWIS, Emma Louise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-05-21 · resigned 2025-12-22
LAIT, Emma→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2008-01-18 · resigned 2011-05-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 28/03/2025 | 02/03/2026 |
Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27