3BEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07609080 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-19
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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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

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-30
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  3. 2024-01-22
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  4. 2023-01-06
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  5. 2022-03-10
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  6. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-09
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  9. 2019-05-07
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  10. 2019-01-07
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  11. 2018-05-24
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  12. 2018-03-21
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  13. 2018-03-21
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  14. 2018-02-22
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-02-08
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    BURTON, Susan Lesley appointed
    director
  16. 2018-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2017-10-26
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  19. 2014-05-20
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    FROST, Shaun Peter resigned
    director
  20. 2012-08-06
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    BORLAND, George Andrew resigned
    director
  21. 2012-04-01
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    BURTON, John appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-01
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    FROST, Shaun Peter appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 3BEES LIMITED
  24. 2011-04-19
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    BORLAND, George Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Susan Lesley Burton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/10/2017
Mr John Burton
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

C/O Paul Austen Associates Ltd Riverside
Mountbatten Way
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 1DY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BURTON, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
BURTON, Susan Lesley→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BORLAND, George Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-19 · resigned 2012-08-06
Resigned
FROST, Shaun Peter→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-04-01 · resigned 2014-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-23