3DEGREE DINING LTD

💤Zombieactive
11160133 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £6,751
Cash draining
Cash down 40% YoY
Cash YoY
-40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 150% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£14k£21k£28k£35kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£19.3k£17.6k
Current assets£31.8k£34.8k
Cash£4.4k£7.4k
Debtors£27.4k£27.4k
Net assets£6.8k£2.7k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-10
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    capital · SH06
  9. 2019-09-10
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    capital · SH03
  10. 2019-08-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2019-08-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-08-27
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    change-of-constitution · CC04
  13. 2019-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-08-12
    STRACHAN, Christine Elizabeth resigned
    director
  16. 2019-07-09
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2019-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2019-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2019-06-25
    STRACHAN, Christine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2018-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 3DEGREE DINING LTD
  21. 2018-01-19
    STRACHAN, Iain Steven 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

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Christine Elizabeth Strachan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/06/2019
Mr Iain Steven Strachan
Individual · English · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/01/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Margoceased 10/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2018-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Bank House Southwick Square
Southwick
Brighton
BN42 4FN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

STRACHAN, Iain Steven
director · ~51y · appointed 2018-01-19
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Active
STRACHAN, Christine Elizabeth
director · ~76y · appointed 2019-06-25 · resigned 2019-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-17
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2019-09-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2019-09-10