3DE SYSTEMS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11218419 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 64 → 72
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
- · Filings: 21 → 23
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 64 → 72
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ↑Filings: 21 → 23
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-11.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,869
Cash YoY
+362%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£536
↑ 362% YoY
Net Worth
-£12k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£536
↑ 362% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-410 | £-1.0k |
| Current assets | £536 | £116 |
| Cash | £536 | £116 |
| Net assets | £-11.9k | £-14.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs 3DE SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2018-02-21➕BAKER, Derrick Richard appointeddirector
- 2018-02-21➕REES, Deborah Lynn appointeddirector
- 2018-02-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Derrick Richard Baker Individual · British · DOB 05/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/02/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
C/O Rebecca Beaton Accountancy Services Waters Edge Business Centre
Maltkiln Road
Barton-Upon-Humber
DN18 5JR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BAKER, Derrick Richard→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2018-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REES, Deborah Lynn→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08