3SIXTY CREATIVE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07343097 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-51.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Video production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £50,957
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£453k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£51k
↑ 71% YoY
Current Assets
£612k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-51.0k | £-177.0k |
| Current assets | £611.6k | £567.0k |
| Cash | £452.8k | £553.1k |
| Debtors | £158.7k | £13.8k |
| Net assets | £-51.0k | £-177.0k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-06-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-04-01➕LAKE, Gemma Lucy appointeddirector
- 2010-10-13➖ANDERSON, Steven Fyfe resignedsecretary
- 2010-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs 3SIXTY CREATIVE LIMITED
- 2010-08-11➕LAKE, Daniel Peter appointeddirector
- 2010-08-11➕ANDERSON, Steven Fyfe appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Peter Lake Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 3D VIDEO LTD→ 07181202 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities
Registered office
Studio 360 Unit 30c
Shrivenham Hundred Business Park
Watchfield
Swindon
SN6 8TZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
LAKE, Daniel Peter→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2010-08-11
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LAKE, Gemma Lucy→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2016-04-01
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ANDERSON, Steven Fyfe→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2010-10-13
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Recent filings (40 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13