3D AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10675158 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£403
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £403
Cash draining
Cash down 97% YoY
Cash YoY
-97%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£649
↓ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£403
↑ 157% YoY
Current Assets
£116k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.2k | £26.2k |
| Current assets | £116.4k | £110.1k |
| Cash | £649 | £19.7k |
| Debtors | £110.8k | £85.4k |
| Net assets | £403 | £157 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-11-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-06-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-06-07➖SADIO, Robert James resigneddirector
- 2017-10-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-03-16🏢Company incorporatedAs 3D AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS LTD
- 2017-03-16➕BROWN, Arleen appointeddirector
- 2017-03-16➕BROWN, David William appointeddirector
- 2017-03-16➕SADIO, Robert James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Arleen Brown Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/03/2026 |
David William Brown Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 16/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 6, Io Centre Deacon Way
Tilehurst
Reading
RG30 6AQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BROWN, Arleen→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2017-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, David William→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2017-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SADIO, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2017-03-16 · resigned 2018-06-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 22/11/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-25