3C INTERIORS WORKPLACE DESIGN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15230237 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-24
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-22.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,244
Net assets shrinking
Down £35,663 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£22k
↓ 266% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↑ 258% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£22k-£6k£10k£26k£42k£57kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-22.2k£13.4k
Current assets£57.5k£16.1k
Net assets£-22.2k£13.4k

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

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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
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3C INTERIORS WORKPLACE DESIGN LTD
  8. 2023-10-24
    SWART-PRICE, Candice Courtney appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Candice Courtney Swart-Price
Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Unit C2a Comet Studios De Havilland Court
Penn Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0PX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SWART-PRICE, Candice Courtney
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-10-24
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Recent filings (9 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-24