3 SMART FELLAS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14995957 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,633
Very low cash
Cash position: £3

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 81% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
-£7k-£5k-£3k-£1k£303£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-6.6k£-3.7k
Current assets£2.0k
Cash£3
Debtors£2.0k£3.9k
Net assets£-6.6k£-3.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3 SMART FELLAS LTD
  5. 2023-07-11
    LUCAS, Matthew appointed
    director
  6. 2023-07-11
    MORGAN, Grant appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-11
    MORGAN, Joshua appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Grant Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2023
Matthew Lucas
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2023
Joshua Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

237 Regents Park Road
London
N3 3LF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LUCAS, Matthew
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-07-11
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Active
MORGAN, Grant
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-07-11
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Active
MORGAN, Joshua
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-07-11
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-11