3S INVESTMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
10181645 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-29
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2022-11-11
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2022-10-10
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2022-10-03
    ZHIZNEVSKII, Ivan resigned
    director
  10. 2022-10-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-10-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-10-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-03-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-03-10
    ZABLOTSKIY, Stanislav resigned
    director
  15. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-17
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  17. 2021-09-14
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  18. 2017-05-15
    ZABLOTSKIY, Stanislav appointed
    director
  19. 2017-03-01
    ZHIZNEVSKII, Ivan appointed
    director
  20. 2016-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3S INVESTMENTS LTD
  21. 2016-05-16
    DIKOUCHINE, Andrei appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrei Dikouchine
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/05/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ivan Zhiznevskiiceased 22/09/2022· 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

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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
Incorporated2016-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

59 The Lookout
Peacehaven
BN10 8AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

DIKOUCHINE, Andrei
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-05-16
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Active
ZABLOTSKIY, Stanislav
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-05-15 · resigned 2022-03-10
Resigned
ZHIZNEVSKII, Ivan
director · ~42y · appointed 2017-03-01 · resigned 2022-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-11-29
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-11-11
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-10-10