3 LIONS INVESTMENTS (NORTHANTS) LTD

💤Zombieactive
13561864 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-12
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£27.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 52/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 4.2y

5/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,664
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£6k£11k£17k£22k£28kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£27.7k£16.7k
Current assets£3.5k£6.9k
Cash£3.5k£6.9k
Net assets£27.7k£16.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-04
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  4. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-06-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
  8. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-02-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2022-02-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2022-02-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
  13. 2022-02-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
  14. 2022-02-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
  15. 2021-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 3 LIONS INVESTMENTS (NORTHANTS) LTD
  16. 2021-08-12
    HAKOBYAN, Erik appointed
    director
  17. 2021-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2021-08-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Erik Hakobyan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/08/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Venture Court
2 Debdale Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 5AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAKOBYAN, Erik
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-08-12
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/07/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Works (UK)
The Mortgage Works (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property30/06/2023
outstanding
Paratus Amc T/a Foundation Home Loans
Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
A registered charge1 property18/02/2022
outstanding
Paratus Amc T/a Foundation Home Loans
Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
A registered charge1 property18/02/2022
outstanding
Paratus Amc T/a Foundation Home Loans
Paratus Amc Limited T/a Foundation Home Loans
A registered charge1 property18/02/2022
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-12