3D MINE SURVEYING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06990149 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09900
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-09-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-01-02
    ➖
    FLUMM, Lucas David resigned
    director
  17. 2011-02-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2010-08-13
    ➕
    JOBLING PURSER, David Ernest appointed
    director
  19. 2009-08-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3D MINE SURVEYING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  20. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    JOBLING PURSER, David Ernest appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    JOBLING PURSER, Evan William appointed
    director
  22. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    JOBLING PURSER, James Arthur appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    JOBLING PURSER, Timothy Ernest appointed
    director
  24. 2009-08-13
    ➕
    FLUMM, Lucas David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Jobling Purser R.S.V. Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jobling Purser R.S.V. Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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3D MINE SURVEYING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 06990149

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jobling Purser R.S.V. Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares12/09/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Timothy Ernest Jobling Purserceased 12/09/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2009-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC09900 — SIC 09900

Registered office

C/O Jobling Purser Paradise Works
Scotswood Road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 6BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

JOBLING PURSER, David Ernest→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-13
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Active
JOBLING PURSER, David Ernest→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-08-13
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Active
JOBLING PURSER, Evan William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOBLING PURSER, James Arthur→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOBLING PURSER, Timothy Ernest→
director · ~85y · appointed 2009-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLUMM, Lucas David→
director · ~41y · appointed 2009-08-13 · resigned 2012-01-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/02/2011—
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Recent filings (42 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24