3C CONSTRUCTION COST CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC617723 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-09
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Quantity surveying activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-02-26
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  8. 2019-02-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2019-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As 3C CONSTRUCTION COST CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  10. 2019-01-09
    GORDON, Eric Allan appointed
    director
  11. 2019-01-09
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Eric Allan Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74902 — Quantity surveying activities

Registered office

Earlbeg
Blanefield
Glasgow
G63 9AS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GORDON, Eric Allan
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-01-09
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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-25
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2019-02-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-02-04