3R PAYROLL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10365498 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-08
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 · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 24 → 25
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 2425
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£166.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £166,240

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£166k
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities
£0£33k£66k£100k£133k£166kSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£166.2k
Current assets£5.9k
Net assets£166.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-09-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3R PAYROLL LIMITED
  17. 2016-09-08
    MARSHALL, David William appointed
    director
  18. 2016-09-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Ted 42 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Rusling & Co Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
3R PAYROLL LIMITED
This company · 10365498

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
Ted 42 Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2024
Rusling & Co Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David William Marshallceased 30/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

F6 The Bloc Springfield Way
Anlaby
Hull
HU10 6RJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARSHALL, David William
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-09-08
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-17