3MB ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08925079 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-06
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28410
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 10.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 employees4400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2022-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2022-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2022-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-10-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-10-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-10-20
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-10-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-07-26
    ➖
    COLE, Marc Jason resigned
    director
  19. 2019-07-26
    ➖
    STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander resigned
    director
  20. 2019-01-23
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2018-10-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2018-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2018-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2018-03-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 2016-04-08
    ➕
    GREGORY, Benjamin Mark appointed
    director
  26. 2016-04-08
    ➕
    ROGERS, Martin Clive appointed
    director
  27. 2016-03-21
    ➖
    GREGORY, Benjamin Mark resigned
    director
  28. 2016-03-21
    ➖
    ROGERS, Martin Clive resigned
    director
  29. 2016-03-18
    ➕
    GREGORY, Benjamin Mark appointed
    director
  30. 2016-03-18
    ➕
    ROGERS, Martin Clive appointed
    director
  31. 2016-03-17
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  32. 2015-10-30
    ➕
    STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander appointed
    director
  33. 2015-10-30
    ➖
    STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander resigned
    director
  34. 2014-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3MB ENGINEERING LIMITED
  35. 2014-03-06
    ➕
    COLE, Marc Jason appointed
    director
  36. 2014-03-06
    ➕
    STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Smartlin Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Team B&C Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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3MB ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 08925079

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Smartlin Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2021
Team B&C Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gregory Mark Benjaminceased 30/06/2021· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Martin Clive Rogersceased 30/06/2021· 25-50% voting

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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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
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28410 — SIC 28410

Registered office

Tagus House
9 Ocean Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3TJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

GREGORY, Benjamin Mark→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Martin Clive→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Marc Jason→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-03-06 · resigned 2019-07-26
Resigned
GREGORY, Benjamin Mark→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-18 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned
ROGERS, Martin Clive→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-03-18 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned
STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-10-30 · resigned 2019-07-26
Resigned
STASIUK, Mariusz Aleksander→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-03-06 · resigned 2015-10-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/01/2019—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—30/10/2018—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/03/201812/09/2018
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/03/201612/09/2018
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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-10-20