3G PITCH HIRE LTD

💤Zombieactive
11519147 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-15
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-134.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Operation of sports facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £134,421
Cash YoY
+56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£28k
↑ 56% YoY
Net Worth
-£134k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£134k-£102k-£70k-£37k-£5k£28kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£27.5k£17.6k
Net assets£-134.4k£-92.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-08-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2019-08-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 3G PITCH HIRE LTD
  14. 2018-08-15
    WILD, Wayne Anthony appointed
    director
  15. 2018-08-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

Lumax Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Lumax Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
3G PITCH HIRE LTD
This company · 11519147

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lumax Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Luke Ashley Wildceased 31/03/2019· 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
Incorporated2018-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93110 — Operation of sports facilities

Registered office

C/O Pm+M Greenbank Technology Park
Challenge Way
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 5QB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILD, Wayne Anthony
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-08-15
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-05-12