3LA.COM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07073473 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-12
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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-11-14
    ➖
    CARLTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2010-01-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Chelsea Harbour Limited
  18. 2009-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3LA.COM LIMITED
  19. 2009-11-12
    ➕
    BANNER, Roderick Glyn appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-12
    ➕
    CARLTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Roderick Glyn Banner
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Roderick Glyn Bannerceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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8 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
Incorporated2009-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6th Floor Charlotte Building
17 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BANNER, Roderick Glyn→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-11-12
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Active
CARLTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-12 · resigned 2010-11-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Chelsea Harbour
Chelsea Harbour Limited
Rent security deposit deed1 property20/01/2010—
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Recent filings (42 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05