3DW (DESIGN AND PRINT) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15600407 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-28
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 2026
Net worth
£-2.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 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 £2,331

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
-£6k
↓ 983% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£6k-£5k-£3k-£2k-£639£661Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£-2.3k£2.9k
Current assets£-5.8k£661
Net assets£-2.3k£-1.8k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3DW (DESIGN AND PRINT) LTD
  4. 2024-03-28
    WHEELER, Gary Michael appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-28
    WHEELER, Matthew Robert appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-28
    WHEELER, Thomas Michael appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 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
Mr Gary Michael Wheeler
Individual · English · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/03/2024
Mr Matthew Robert Wheeler
Individual · English · DOB 08/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/03/2024
Mr Thomas Michael Wheeler
Individual · English · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

10 Clough Fold
Radcliffe
Manchester
M26 1GZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WHEELER, Gary Michael
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active
WHEELER, Matthew Robert
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active
WHEELER, Thomas Michael
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-28