3K HOLDINGS LTD

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15834157 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£39.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,200

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£39k
Current Assets
£17k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£39.2k
Current assets£16.5k
Net assets£39.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-09-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-09-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-09-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-27
    📄
    elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH01
  8. 2024-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3K HOLDINGS LTD
  9. 2024-07-11
    KWON, Heesun appointed
    director
  10. 2024-07-11
    📄
    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 1.9 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-09-30: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Heesun Kwon
Individual · South Korean · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/07/2024

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
Incorporated2024-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

743 Lincoln Road
Peterborough
PE1 3HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KWON, Heesun
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-07-11
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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-27
elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH01
2024-09-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-11