3PL GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10000690 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-11
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 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Npif Ii-Debt Nw LP (Acting by Its General Partner) Fwc Npifii Debt Gp Limited Acting by Fw Capital Limited
  4. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-06-30
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    HILL, Andrew David resigned
    director
  7. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-15
    ➕
    WALKER, Julie Elaine appointed
    director
  9. 2024-02-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-01-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-01-08
    ➕
    HOLLAND, David Neil appointed
    director
  13. 2024-01-08
    ➕
    HILL, Andrew David appointed
    director
  14. 2023-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-02-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2021-02-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-03-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2016-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As 3PL GROUP LIMITED
  25. 2016-02-11
    ➕
    WALKER, Julie Elaine appointed
    secretary
  26. 2016-02-11
    ➕
    WALKER, Ian John Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian John Andrew Walker
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Elaine Walker
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Three Sisters Road
Ashton-In-Makerfield
Wigan
WN4 9GD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

WALKER, Julie Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLLAND, David Neil→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Ian John Andrew→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Julie Elaine→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Andrew David→
director · ~55y · appointed 2024-01-08 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Npif Ii-Debt Nw LP (Acting by Its General Partner) Fwc Npifii Debt Gp Acting by Fw Capital
Npif Ii-Debt Nw LP (Acting by Its General Partner) Fwc Npifii Debt Gp Limited Acting by Fw Capital Limited
A registered charge2 properties31/03/2025—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—07/03/201604/02/2021
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-22