CORE 3 PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC350675 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-31

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	200	200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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2025-03-31
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2024-04-19
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2023-05-24
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2021-12-30
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2021-02-24
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2020-03-02
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2019-03-08
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2018-05-09
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accounts · AA
2017-11-03
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2017-11-03
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2017-05-30
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officers · TM02
2017-05-29
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DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-02-20
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accounts · AA
2016-04-11
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accounts · AA
2015-12-17
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address · AD01
2010-07-31
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SCOTT, Bruce Victor resigned
director
2008-10-31
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Company incorporated
As CORE 3 PARTNERS LIMITED
2008-10-31
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GRAY, Brian appointed
director
2008-10-31
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LATTA, Stuart appointed
director
2008-10-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-10-31
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-10-31
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DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-10-31
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2008-10-31
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director
2008-10-31
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SCOTT, Bruce Victor appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stuart Latta Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr Brian Gray Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr Brian Gray Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/06/2016
Mr Stuart Latta Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-10-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

27 North Bridge Street

Hawick

Borders

TD9 9BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GRAY, Brian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-10-31

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Active

LATTA, Stuart→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-10-31

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2008-10-31

Resigned

DEANS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2017-05-29

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2008-10-31

Resigned

SCOTT, Bruce Victor→

director · ~45y · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2010-07-31

Resigned

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