3S MANUFACTURING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07026124 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-22
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 3S MANUFACTURING LIMITED
  17. 2009-09-22
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    LANE, John David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 60. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John David Lane
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

81 Burton Road
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 1TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LANE, John David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-09-22
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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-26