3D FACILITIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09598559 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-19
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒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
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27➕DAVIS, Philip Neil appointeddirector
- 2021-08-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-11-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs 3D FACILITIES LIMITED
- 2015-05-19➕DAVIS, Neil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
21/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIS, Philip Neil (same surname) appointed 2021-08-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Neil Davis Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100
Registered office
Unit 6, The Courtyard
Reddicap Trading Estate
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7BU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
DAVIS, Philip Neil→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2021-08-27
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Recent filings (30 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02