3BM TRUSTEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08355567 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-01-10

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-24
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BEERLING, Kevin Michael appointed
director
2020-06-24
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STOUTT, Sheldon Lambert Cyril appointed
director
2020-06-24
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BIRD, Arthur resigned
director
2020-06-24
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LEWIS, John Patrick resigned
director
2019-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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ANANDAN, Leon resigned
director
2019-11-29
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EXTON, Vanessa Rachel resigned
director
2019-11-29
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O'BRIEN, Charlotte Ann Sara resigned
director
2019-11-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2018-11-16
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OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe resigned
secretary
2018-11-16
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OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe resigned
director
2018-10-09
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WARNER, Helen resigned
director
2018-10-03
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ANANDAN, Leon appointed
director
2018-09-01
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CONSTABLE, Sarah Karen resigned
director
2018-06-29
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BIRD, Arthur appointed
director
2017-10-05
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CALLAGHAN, Sean Philip resigned
director
2017-10-05
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EXTON, Vanessa Rachel appointed
director
2017-10-05
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WARNER, Helen appointed
director
2017-06-27
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CONSTABLE, Sarah Karen appointed
director
2013-08-14
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OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe appointed
secretary
2013-08-14
➕
CALLAGHAN, Sean Philip appointed
director
2013-08-14
➕
O'BRIEN, Charlotte Ann Sara appointed
director
2013-07-14
➕
LEWIS, John Patrick appointed
director
2013-04-08
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OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe appointed
director
2013-03-27
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RENNISON, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2013-03-27
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PALMER, Neil Richard resigned
director
2013-01-10
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Company incorporated
As 3BM TRUSTEE LIMITED
2013-01-10
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PALMER, Neil Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2013-01-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Springfield Lyons Approach

Springfield

Chelmsford

CM2 5LB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-24

Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

BEERLING, Kevin Michael→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

RENNISON, Andrew Michael→

director · ~56y · appointed 2013-03-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STOUTT, Sheldon Lambert Cyril→

director · ~70y · appointed 2020-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe→

secretary · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2018-11-16

Resigned

ANANDAN, Leon→

director · ~38y · appointed 2018-10-03 · resigned 2019-11-29

Resigned

BIRD, Arthur→

director · ~74y · appointed 2018-06-29 · resigned 2020-06-24

Resigned

CALLAGHAN, Sean Philip→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2017-10-05

Resigned

CONSTABLE, Sarah Karen→

director · ~37y · appointed 2017-06-27 · resigned 2018-09-01

Resigned

EXTON, Vanessa Rachel→

director · ~56y · appointed 2017-10-05 · resigned 2019-11-29

Resigned

LEWIS, John Patrick→

director · ~61y · appointed 2013-07-14 · resigned 2020-06-24

Resigned

O'BRIEN, Charlotte Ann Sara→

director · ~46y · appointed 2013-08-14 · resigned 2019-11-29

Resigned

OLADAPO, Bose Oluremi Modupe→

director · ~64y · appointed 2013-04-08 · resigned 2018-11-16

Resigned

PALMER, Neil Richard→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-01-10 · resigned 2013-03-27

Resigned

WARNER, Helen→

director · ~72y · appointed 2017-10-05 · resigned 2018-10-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-07-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-09-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2021-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2020-08-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-06-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-06-25