3 CIRCLES COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08381767 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-30

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: Wired telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

61200Wireless telecommunications activities
61900Other telecommunications activities
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 8.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (7 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

27 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-05
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-03
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Agent
2024-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-03-28
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-09
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties.
2022-11-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-21
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MCCONNELL, Stephen Phillip resigned
director
2021-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Ares Management Limited as Security Agent.
2021-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-22
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auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2018-09-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-08-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ares Management Limited
2018-04-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Trustee for Itself and the Secured Parties (Security Trustee)
2018-04-11
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WILSON, James appointed
secretary
2018-04-11
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BRADFORD, Paul James appointed
director
2018-04-11
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KIRK, Mathew Owen appointed
director
2018-04-11
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MOODY, Alex James appointed
director
2018-04-11
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WILSON, James Neil appointed
director
2018-04-11
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COOK, Marion Louise resigned
secretary
2013-01-30
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Company incorporated
As 3 CIRCLES COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
2013-01-30
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COOK, Stephen William appointed
director
2013-01-30
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REID, Andrew Gordon appointed
director
2013-01-30
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COOK, Marion Louise appointed
secretary
2013-01-30
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MCCONNELL, Stephen Phillip appointed
director

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Group structure

Southern Communications Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Southern Communications Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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3 CIRCLES COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

This company · 08381767

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
Southern Communications Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	11/04/2018

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-01-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC61100 — Wired telecommunications activities

Registered office

Glebe Farm Down Street

Dummer

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2AD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-12

Last: 2026-01-29