3D CNC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06532161 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-12
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-11-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-11-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2022-11-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-08-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-23
    ➖
    HOBBS, Andrew resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-09-23
    ➖
    HOBBS, Andrew resigned
    director
  19. 2008-03-17
    ➕
    MORRIS, Simon William appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-17
    ➕
    HOBBS, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-17
    ➖
    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-17
    ➕
    HOBBS, Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2008-03-17
    ➖
    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D CNC LIMITED
  25. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Simon William Morris
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Catherine Ann Morris
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

E20 Admiralty Park, Station Road
Holton Heath
Poole
Dorset
BH16 6HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MORRIS, Simon William→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOBBS, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-17 · resigned 2016-09-23
Resigned
AT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-17
Resigned
HOBBS, Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-17 · resigned 2016-09-23
Resigned
AT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-04