3-X-AL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07274074 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-06-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 3-X-AL LIMITED
- 2010-06-04➕TOMLIN, Maureen appointeddirector
- 2010-06-04➕TOMLIN, Michael Hans Wolfgang appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Maaureen Tomlin Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
12 West Street
Ware
Hertfordshire
SG12 9EE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TOMLIN, Maureen→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-06-04
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TOMLIN, Michael Hans Wolfgang→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2010-06-04
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Recent filings (33 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-26