3 TREES CARE AND SUPPORT LTD

🌳Matureactive

06451791 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-12

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential nursing care activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5900	6100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2025-05-21
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address · AD01
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-14
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accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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capital · SH03
2023-05-09
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capital · SH06
2023-04-12
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officers · TM01
2023-04-05
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SMITH, Simon resigned
director
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-30
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-10-31
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officers · TM01
2022-10-29
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BURT, Jamie Dwayne Thomas resigned
director
2020-09-18
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DEER, Rebecca Louise appointed
director
2020-09-18
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BURT, Jamie Dwayne Thomas appointed
director
2019-03-15
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CARTER, Kathryn Joanna resigned
director
2019-03-15
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CARTER, Paul Jonathan resigned
director
2015-01-18
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FOSTER, Yvonne Shirley appointed
director
2012-06-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-03-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-06-09
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SMITH, Simon appointed
director
2010-04-01
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CARTER, Stuart appointed
director
2009-12-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-02-14
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ISAAC, Ivor resigned
director
2008-02-14
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ISAAC, Lynne resigned
director
2007-12-12
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Company incorporated
As 3 TREES CARE AND SUPPORT LTD
2007-12-12
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CARTER, Kathryn Joanna appointed
secretary
2007-12-12
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CARTER, Kathryn Joanna appointed
director
2007-12-12
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CARTER, Paul Jonathan appointed
director
2007-12-12
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ISAAC, Ivor appointed
director
2007-12-12
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ISAAC, Lynne appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stuart Carter Individual · British · DOB 03/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/04/2023
Paul Jonathan Carter Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/04/2023
Mrs Kathryn Joanna Carter Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 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

Incorporated2007-12-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC87100 — Residential nursing care activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Greenway Centre

Bristol

BS10 5PY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

CARTER, Kathryn Joanna→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-12

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CARTER, Stuart→

director · ~42y · appointed 2010-04-01

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Active

DEER, Rebecca Louise→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-09-18

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Active

FOSTER, Yvonne Shirley→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-01-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BURT, Jamie Dwayne Thomas→

director · ~41y · appointed 2020-09-18 · resigned 2022-10-29

Resigned

CARTER, Kathryn Joanna→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2019-03-15

Resigned

CARTER, Paul Jonathan→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2019-03-15

Resigned

ISAAC, Ivor→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2008-02-14

Resigned

ISAAC, Lynne→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-12-12 · resigned 2008-02-14

Resigned

SMITH, Simon→

director · ~47y · appointed 2010-06-09 · resigned 2023-04-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	27/03/2012	30/01/2023
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	22/12/2009	13/06/2012

Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-05-21

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-05-21

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-05-21

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-05-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-05-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-05-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-05-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-05-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-12

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-12-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-12-13