3PB MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08633308 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-08-01
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 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Barristers at law
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees05100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-15
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    ORAM, Sebastian Peter Richard resigned
    director
  7. 2023-07-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-11-06
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    BERKLEY KC, David Nahum appointed
    director
  14. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-06
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    address · AD03
  16. 2017-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  18. 2017-10-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2015-10-26
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    ASTILL, Simon Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2015-10-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, James appointed
    director
  21. 2015-10-26
    ➖
    DAVIES, James resigned
    director
  22. 2015-10-05
    ➖
    LAWRIE QC, Ian Douglas resigned
    director
  23. 2015-07-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2015-03-20
    ➕
    ORAM, Sebastian Peter Richard appointed
    director
  25. 2014-12-12
    ➖
    MCILROY, David Halliday resigned
    director
  26. 2014-10-15
    ➕
    MCILROY, David Halliday appointed
    director
  27. 2014-10-15
    ➖
    VERE-HODGE, Michael John Davy resigned
    director
  28. 2013-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3PB MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
  29. 2013-08-01
    ➕
    LAWRIE QC, Ian Douglas appointed
    director
  30. 2013-08-01
    ➕
    VERE-HODGE, Michael John Davy 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Simon Peter Astill
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Sebastian Peter Richard Oramceased 22/11/2023· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2013-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69101 — Barristers at law

Registered office

3 Paper Buildings
Temple
London
EC4Y 7EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ASTILL, Simon Peter→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERKLEY KC, David Nahum→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-10-26 · resigned 2015-10-26
Resigned
LAWRIE QC, Ian Douglas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2015-10-05
Resigned
MCILROY, David Halliday→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-10-15 · resigned 2014-12-12
Resigned
ORAM, Sebastian Peter Richard→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-03-20 · resigned 2023-11-15
Resigned
VERE-HODGE, Michael John Davy→
director · ~80y · appointed 2013-08-01 · resigned 2014-10-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—24/07/2015—
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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24