3ME DESIGN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11884505 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-15
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
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
16 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 £3,430
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £682 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£17k£35k£52k£69k£86kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£86.3k£67.8k
Current assets£86.3k£67.8k
Net assets£3.4k£4.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-03-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 3ME DESIGN LTD
  10. 2019-03-15
    COX, Christopher appointed
    director
  11. 2019-03-15
    MAJCHRZAK, Michal appointed
    director
  12. 2019-03-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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
Christopher Cox
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/03/2019
Mr Michal Majchrzak
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/03/2019

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
Incorporated2019-03-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

18a Heath Road
Nailsea
Bristol
BS48 1AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COX, Christopher
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-03-15
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Active
MAJCHRZAK, Michal
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-03-15
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-26