3D METROLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14048695 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£124.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.0y

10/100
under pressure

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

  • · Newest facility, 3.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £124,601
Net assets shrinking
Down £55,575 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£125k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£144k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£52k£103k£155k£207k£258kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£279.2k£331.4k
Current assets£143.6k£258.2k
Cash£25.6k£98.1k
Debtors£107.8k£160.1k
Net assets£124.6k£180.2k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-14
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-20
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    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-06-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ecapital Commercial Finance (North) Limited
  9. 2022-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D METROLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD
  10. 2022-04-14
    BRADFORD, Charlie Mark appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-14
    MASSEY, James appointed
    director
  12. 2022-04-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
Mr James Massey
Individual · British · DOB 12/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/04/2022
Mr Charlie Mark Bradford
Individual · British · DOB 01/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-14
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

1 Paradise Street
Rhyl
LL18 3LW
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRADFORD, Charlie Mark
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active
MASSEY, James
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ecapital Commercial Finance (North)
Ecapital Commercial Finance (North) Limited
A registered charge1 property22/05/2023
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Recent filings (12 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-14