3 SOLUTIONS (2011) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07858387 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£234.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 12.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £234,384
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£631k
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£234k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £262.6k | £260.5k |
| Current assets | £1.26M | £925.9k |
| Cash | £630.5k | £500.3k |
| Debtors | £462.1k | £367.0k |
| Net assets | £234.4k | £231.0k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-08-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-08-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-08-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-07-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-07-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-13➖MORTIMER, Andrew Christopher resigneddirector
- 2015-04-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2013-09-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2013-09-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2013-09-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2012-03-29➕WATTS, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2012-03-29➕MORTIMER, Andrew Christopher appointeddirector
- 2011-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs 3 SOLUTIONS (2011) LIMITED
- 2011-11-23➕GUIDI, Tony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 14 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Cloverlea Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cloverlea Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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3 SOLUTIONS (2011) LIMITED
This company · 07858387
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cloverlea Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/06/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Carla Wattsceased 16/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Tony Guidiceased 16/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 010 LIMITED→ 05046984 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing
Registered office
One New Street
Wells
Somerset
BA5 2LA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
WATTS, Richard James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2012-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORTIMER, Andrew Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-03-29 · resigned 2015-11-13
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/04/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/09/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/09/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/09/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-27
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-08-21
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-08-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24