3D INNOVATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04381994 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-335.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.4y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £335,053
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
-£335k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£308k
↑ 93% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£394k-£253k-£113k£28k£168k£308kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-250.1k£-308.9k
Current assets£308.5k£159.7k
Cash£21.2k£32.2k
Debtors£287.2k£127.6k
Net assets£-335.1k£-393.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-06
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-08-01
    ➖
    WHITE, John Matthew resigned
    director
  6. 2023-07-26
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2023-07-24
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-19
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-01-04
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-11-26
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    WHITE, John Matthew appointed
    director
  13. 2020-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2019-05-09
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    Charge satisfied #3
  18. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-12-22
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    GOURRI, Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-12-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2016-05-01
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    GOURRI, Peter appointed
    secretary
  23. 2016-01-13
    ➖
    MANZIE, Roderick resigned
    secretary
  24. 2012-04-20
    ➖
    HUTCHINSON, Richard Eugene resigned
    secretary
  25. 2012-04-20
    ➕
    MANZIE, Roderick appointed
    secretary
  26. 2010-07-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2010-03-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2009-03-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  29. 2006-06-30
    ➖
    ROLFE, Marc Julian resigned
    director
  30. 2005-06-06
    ➖
    GRAY, Michael Curtis resigned
    director
  31. 2005-05-31
    ➖
    GRAY, Su resigned
    director
  32. 2005-01-02
    ➕
    ROLFE, Marc Julian appointed
    director
  33. 2002-11-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Alex Lawrie Factors
  34. 2002-11-18
    ➕
    GRAY, Michael Curtis appointed
    director
  35. 2002-09-01
    ➖
    VEASEY, Jillian resigned
    director
  36. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    VEASEY, Stephen John appointed
    director
  37. 2002-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 3D INNOVATIONS LIMITED
  38. 2002-02-26
    ➕
    HUTCHINSON, Richard Eugene appointed
    secretary
  39. 2002-02-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 2002-02-26
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2002-02-26
    ➕
    GRAY, Su appointed
    director
  42. 2002-02-26
    ➕
    VEASEY, Jillian appointed
    director
  43. 2002-02-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  44. 2002-02-26
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Veasey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

288 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-04
Last: 2025-04-20

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

VEASEY, Stephen John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOURRI, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2017-12-22
Resigned
HUTCHINSON, Richard Eugene→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2012-04-20
Resigned
MANZIE, Roderick→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-20 · resigned 2016-01-13
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2002-02-26
Resigned
GRAY, Michael Curtis→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2005-06-06
Resigned
GRAY, Su→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2005-05-31
Resigned
ROLFE, Marc Julian→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-01-02 · resigned 2006-06-30
Resigned
VEASEY, Jillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2002-09-01
Resigned
WHITE, John Matthew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-11-26 · resigned 2023-08-01
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2002-02-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/07/201009/05/2019
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property04/03/2009—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Alex Lawrie Factors
All assets debenture1 property29/11/200213/03/2010
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Recent filings (98 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-07-26
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-05-19
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officers · AP01
2021-01-04