3TW INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07589576 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-04
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (82/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
48 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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2024-06-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-06-13
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-28
    ➖
    CHARMAN, Steven John resigned
    director
  17. 2015-02-28
    ➖
    RICHMOND, Dean Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2011-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As 3TW INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2011-04-04
    ➕
    ZACKHEIM, David Barry appointed
    director
  20. 2011-04-04
    ➕
    CHARMAN, Steven John appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-04
    ➕
    RICHMOND, Dean Anthony appointed
    director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Barry Zackheim
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares18/06/2016
Mr Dean Richmond
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/06/2024

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2011-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 The Wedges
Itchingfield
Horsham
RH13 0TA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ZACKHEIM, David Barry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARMAN, Steven John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-04-04 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned
RICHMOND, Dean Anthony→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-04-04 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28