3DFLO LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16729640 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-19
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 address
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-20
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-08
    FLORENCE, James appointed
    director
  5. 2025-11-08
    FLORENCE, Samantha resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-08
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-11-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-09-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3DFLO LIMITED
  10. 2025-09-19
    FLORENCE, Samantha appointed
    director
  11. 2025-09-19
    📄
    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 0.6 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Florence
Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Samantha Florenceceased 20/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-09-19
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Unit 12 Tower Court
St Davids Road, Enterprise Park
Swansea
SA6 8RU
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-02
Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FLORENCE, James
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-11-08
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Active
FLORENCE, Samantha
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-09-19 · resigned 2025-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-19