3D COURIERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12900750 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-23

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£26.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £26,354

Net assets shrinking

Down £17,688 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£26k

↓ 40% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£27.9k	£45.6k
Current assets	£21.7k	£34.4k
Net assets	£26.4k	£44.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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accounts · AA
2024-04-05
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accounts · AA
2023-03-03
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accounts · AA
2022-04-12
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accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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address · AD01
2020-09-29
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LUDLOW, David Harold appointed
director
2020-09-29
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officers · AP01
2020-09-23
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Company incorporated
As 3D COURIERS LIMITED
2020-09-23
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LUDLOW, Kathleen Lillian appointed
director
2020-09-23
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kathleen Lillian Ludlow Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	23/09/2020
Mr David Harold Ludlow Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	23/09/2020

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

Incorporated2020-09-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

125 Earls Road

Nuneaton

CV11 5HP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUDLOW, David Harold→

director · ~58y · appointed 2020-09-29

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LUDLOW, Kathleen Lillian→

director · ~57y · appointed 2020-09-23

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