3B SOLSTAR LTD

🌳Matureactive
06796195 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-20
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 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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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 employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-31
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    JONES, William Barry resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-02-21
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-06-17
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    LARMOUR, Robert Graham resigned
    director
  15. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-12-21
    ➖
    HOLMES, Mark Tom resigned
    director
  19. 2012-12-21
    ➖
    KENNEDY, John Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2011-04-20
    ➕
    DICKENS, Edward John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-04-20
    ➖
    HOLMES, Mark Tom resigned
    secretary
  22. 2009-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 3B SOLSTAR LTD
  23. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    BARRETT, Ian Francis appointed
    director
  24. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    DICKENS, Edward John appointed
    director
  25. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    HOLMES, Mark Tom appointed
    secretary
  26. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    HOLMES, Mark Tom appointed
    director
  27. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    JONES, William Barry appointed
    director
  28. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    KENNEDY, John Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2009-01-20
    ➕
    LARMOUR, Robert Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward John Dickens
Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr William Barry Jones
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ian Francis Barrett
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Graham Lamourceased 17/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2009-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Fairfield Road
Timperley
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA15 7HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DICKENS, Edward John→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRETT, Ian Francis→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DICKENS, Edward John→
director · ~84y · appointed 2009-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Mark Tom→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2011-04-20
Resigned
HOLMES, Mark Tom→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2012-12-21
Resigned
JONES, William Barry→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2025-12-31
Resigned
KENNEDY, John Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2012-12-21
Resigned
LARMOUR, Robert Graham→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-01-20 · resigned 2019-06-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21