3CS CIDER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08785361 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-21
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-01-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-02-17
    ➖
    GALLOWAY, Jasper Rory Barrington resigned
    director
  13. 2020-02-17
    ➖
    SITWELL, William Ronald Sacheverell resigned
    director
  14. 2020-02-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-02-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-12-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-12-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-12-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2019-12-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2017-12-12
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    BUCHAN, James Alexander Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2017-04-11
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    GRAFFTEY-SMITH, Toby resigned
    director
  22. 2013-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 3CS CIDER LIMITED
  23. 2013-11-21
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Jasper Rory Barrington appointed
    director
  24. 2013-11-21
    ➕
    GRAFFTEY-SMITH, Toby appointed
    director
  25. 2013-11-21
    ➕
    SITWELL, William Ronald Sacheverell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Alexander Stephen Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/11/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Jasper Rory Barrington Gallowayceased 22/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Toby Grafftey-Smithceased 22/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr William Ronald Sacheverell Sitwellceased 22/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

Dean Mill
Dean Mill
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
OX7 3JX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BUCHAN, James Alexander Stephen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLOWAY, Jasper Rory Barrington→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-11-21 · resigned 2020-02-17
Resigned
GRAFFTEY-SMITH, Toby→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-11-21 · resigned 2017-04-11
Resigned
SITWELL, William Ronald Sacheverell→
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-11-21 · resigned 2020-02-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-01-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-20