3PAY COLLECTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
13887072 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-02
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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, 2 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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
18 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-212024-02-21

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-01-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-12-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2022-11-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-02-15
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-02-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3PAY COLLECTIONS LTD
  12. 2022-02-02
    MURRAY, Peter John appointed
    director
  13. 2022-02-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-09-11: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter John Murray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

37 Elverton Street
London
SW1P 2QG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-21
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MURRAY, Peter John
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-02-02
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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-15