3LANCE ELECTRICAL ESTIMATING LTD

🌳Matureactive
08867763 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-11-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-11-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-11-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-06-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-03-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-02-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2014-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 3LANCE ELECTRICAL ESTIMATING LTD
  21. 2014-01-29
    ➕
    DUNWELL, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 2014-01-29
    ➕
    DUNWELL, Stephen John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Dunwell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Anne Elizabeth Dunwell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2014-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation

Registered office

15 Bankside The Watermark
Gateshead
NE11 9SY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DUNWELL, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-01-29
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Active
DUNWELL, Stephen John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/02/201609/11/2023

Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04