3D MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08313129 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-29
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 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.59M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,586,184
Cash YoY
+314%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↑ 314% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£968k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£317k£634k£952k£1.3m£1.6mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.59M£1.39M
Current assets£968.4k£825.3k
Cash£29.2k£7.1k
Debtors£936.3k£815.8k
Net assets£1.59M£1.39M

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-05-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-05-12
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-03-10
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    RAITHATHA, Mansukhlal Kumandas resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-06-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  13. 2019-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-03
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  15. 2018-12-29
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  16. 2017-12-30
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  17. 2016-12-30
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  18. 2012-11-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D MOTORS LIMITED
  19. 2012-11-29
    ➕
    RAITHATHA, Chandrika Mansukhlal appointed
    director
  20. 2012-11-29
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    RAITHATHA, Rajesh Mansukhlal appointed
    director
  21. 2012-11-29
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    RAITHATHA, Roopesh appointed
    director
  22. 2012-11-29
    ➕
    RAITHATHA, Mansukhlal Kumandas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roopesh Raithatha
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/04/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mansuhklal Kumandas Raithathaceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2012-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

17 Sudbury Court Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 3SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

RAITHATHA, Chandrika Mansukhlal→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-11-29
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Active
RAITHATHA, Rajesh Mansukhlal→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-11-29
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Active
RAITHATHA, Roopesh→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-11-29
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Active
RAITHATHA, Mansukhlal Kumandas→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-11-29 · resigned 2023-03-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/06/2020—
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01