3D PLUS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10965805 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-15
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.47M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,472,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3.5m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£3.7m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£733k£1.5m£2.2m£2.9m£3.7mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.47M£2.91M
Current assets£3.67M£2.95M
Net assets£3.47M£2.91M

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-09-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-09-10
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    STEEN, Lars Jonas appointed
    director
  7. 2024-09-10
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    KARLIN, Simon Andrej resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-11
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  12. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-22
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  14. 2021-04-22
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  15. 2021-04-22
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  16. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-09
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  18. 2020-12-09
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  19. 2020-12-09
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  20. 2019-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-11-01
    ➕
    KARIYA, Ryoichi appointed
    director
  22. 2018-11-01
    ➖
    FUJINAMI, Masayuki resigned
    director
  23. 2018-07-02
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, David Patrick resigned
    director
  24. 2018-07-02
    ➕
    FUJINAMI, Masayuki appointed
    director
  25. 2018-07-02
    ➕
    KARLIN, Simon Andrej appointed
    director
  26. 2017-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D PLUS LTD
  27. 2017-09-15
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, David appointed
    secretary
  28. 2017-09-15
    ➕
    BILLSON, John David appointed
    director
  29. 2017-09-15
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, David Patrick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning Europe Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Beijer Ref Ab
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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3D PLUS LTD
This company · 10965805

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
Beijer Ref Ab
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest15/09/2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning Europe Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/07/2018

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
Incorporated2017-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

15 Bruntcliffe Avenue
Morley
Leeds
LS27 0LL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

CAMPBELL, David→
secretary · appointed 2017-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BILLSON, John David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARIYA, Ryoichi→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEEN, Lars Jonas→
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, David Patrick→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-09-15 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned
FUJINAMI, Masayuki→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-07-02 · resigned 2018-11-01
Resigned
KARLIN, Simon Andrej→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-07-02 · resigned 2024-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2021-05-07