3 SPIRIT ENTERPRISE UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08329116 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-12
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-42.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £42,222
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
-£42k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£191k
↑ 234% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£110k-£50k£10k£70k£130k£191kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£58.4k£-97.6k
Current assets£190.6k£57.0k
Cash£3.6k£8.3k
Debtors£187.0k£48.7k
Net assets£-42.2k£-110.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  2. 2025-11-06
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    HEER, Tajinderjit Singh resigned
    director
  3. 2025-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-09-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2024-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2023-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2023-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-02-02
    ➕
    GOLDING, Talon Joseph appointed
    director
  16. 2023-02-02
    ➖
    BARTLE, Caroline Bad-Rul-Shariah resigned
    director
  17. 2023-02-02
    ➕
    HEER, Tajinderjit Singh appointed
    director
  18. 2023-02-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2023-02-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-02-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2022-11-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2022-11-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2022-11-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  25. 2022-08-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  26. 2018-12-10
    ➖
    ARMSTRONG, Sara Louise resigned
    director
  27. 2018-12-10
    ➖
    HAYDER-JOINER, Angela Dawn resigned
    director
  28. 2018-09-22
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Sara Louise appointed
    director
  29. 2018-09-17
    ➕
    HAYDER-JOINER, Angela Dawn appointed
    director
  30. 2013-07-31
    ➖
    EMBERTON, Rachel Narges resigned
    director
  31. 2013-04-30
    ➖
    MERRITT, Reginald resigned
    director
  32. 2012-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3 SPIRIT ENTERPRISE UK LIMITED
  33. 2012-12-12
    ➕
    BARTLE, Caroline Bad-Rul-Shariah appointed
    director
  34. 2012-12-12
    ➕
    EMBERTON, Rachel Narges appointed
    director
  35. 2012-12-12
    ➕
    MERRITT, Reginald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mr Talon Joseph Golding
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/09/2022
Mr Tajinderjit Singh Heer
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/09/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Caroline Bartleceased 25/10/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

The Foundry
6 Brindley Place
Birmingham
B1 2JB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GOLDING, Talon Joseph→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMSTRONG, Sara Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-09-22 · resigned 2018-12-10
Resigned
BARTLE, Caroline Bad-Rul-Shariah→
director · ~55y · appointed 2012-12-12 · resigned 2023-02-02
Resigned
EMBERTON, Rachel Narges→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-12-12 · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned
HAYDER-JOINER, Angela Dawn→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-09-17 · resigned 2018-12-10
Resigned
HEER, Tajinderjit Singh→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2025-11-06
Resigned
MERRITT, Reginald→
director · ~46y · appointed 2012-12-12 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-25