3rd Way Commonwealth Limited
ActiveLive3rd Way Commonwealth Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 16 Sept 2010 (16 years ago), with its registered office in Chorley, North West. The company operates in Manufacturing.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
From 3rd Way Commonwealth Limited's filed accounts at Companies House, period ending 2018-03-31. Change vs the prior year (to 2017-03-31). As-filed figures — a signal, not an audited verdict. Dashes are not tagged in the accounts.
A long-standing manufacturing business in North West, in a market growing 1.8% a year and tracking below the national rate here. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts were due 31 Dec 2019 and are not on the register — about 6 years 9 months late.
What this means for you: Overdue filings are the first thing a new supplier will notice — raise it gently, it shows you did your homework.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in North West.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (259 codes) · a company listing codes in more than one group can be counted twice (~2%)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 42 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1North West is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 30,021 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.8%).
- 3Around 1,599 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 42% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 52/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
Peer companies
| Company | Incorporated | Location | Overall signal | Quick score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantle Packaging Machinery Limited 03371709 · SIC 28290 | 16 May 1997 | North West | Active | 100 |
| C.E. King Holdings LTD 12615611 · SIC 28290 | 21 May 2020 | North West | Active | 91 |
| Accrapak Systems Limited 01272660 · SIC 28290 | 11 Aug 1976 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Whitham Group Limited 08486889 · SIC 28290 | 12 Apr 2013 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Aylesbury Automation Limited 04046524 · SIC 28220 | 03 Aug 2000 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Duerden Engineering LTD 07580409 · SIC 28290 | 28 Mar 2011 | North West | Active | 100 |
| B.G. Pavers Limited 02458552 · SIC 28290 | 11 Jan 1990 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Thwaites Services Limited 04469403 · SIC 28290 | 25 Jun 2002 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Tan Delta Systems PLC 06362470 · SIC 28290 | 05 Sept 2007 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| JCNH Holdings Limited 10577012 · SIC 28290 | 23 Jan 2017 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Axium Process Limited 04432600 · SIC 25110 | 07 May 2002 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Blantyre Fabrications Limited SC695548 · SIC 28290 | 13 Apr 2021 | Scotland | Active | 86 |
| Rondo Limited 01806103 · SIC 28290 | 04 Apr 1984 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Allett Limited 02628192 · SIC 28290 | 10 Jul 1991 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Hymac Limited 00409074 · SIC 28290 | 25 Apr 1946 | Unknown | Active | 100 |
| Synertic Limited 11558458 · SIC 28290 | 07 Sept 2018 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Boston Matthews Machinery Limited 01815679 · SIC 28290 | 11 May 1984 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| A.M.P Automation LTD 12225547 · SIC 28290 | 25 Sept 2019 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 95 |
| Express Engineering (Gateshead) Limited 01405214 · SIC 25620 | 13 Dec 1978 | North East | Active | 100 |
| Bilbeny Bespoke LTD 13194321 · SIC 28290 | 10 Feb 2021 | South East | Active | 87 |
| Microcharge Systems Limited 03787897 · SIC 28290 | 11 Jun 1999 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Ritech Systems Limited 04421097 · SIC 28290 | 19 Apr 2002 | South West | Active | 100 |
| NDS Tooling Solutions Limited 09602138 · SIC 28290 | 21 May 2015 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Fire Shield Systems Limited 10978450 · SIC 28290 | 23 Sept 2017 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Received a strike-off notice without being dissolved.
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended14 Mar 2020
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsory04 Feb 2020
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date26 Apr 2019
- Officer resignedCessation of a person with significant control26 Apr 2019
- Charge registeredMortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date17 Dec 2018
- Ownership (PSC) changeChange to a person with significant control18 Sept 2018
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates17 Sept 2018
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption full26 Jun 2018
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates27 Sept 2017
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption full25 Jul 2017
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Company details
- Company
- 3rd Way Commonwealth Limited
- Number
- 07379189
- Registered office
- Unit 3, Coop Yard Station Road, Adlington, Chorley, PR7 4LA
- Incorporated
- 16 Sept 2010
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 28290 — SIC division 28
- Status
- Active
- Region
- North West · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 31 Dec 2019
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 30 Sept 2019
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 17 Dec 2018
- Registered
- 17 Dec 2018
- Persons entitled
- Michael William Knowles and Joy Knowles
- Created
- 20 Oct 2016
- Registered
- 25 Oct 2016
- Persons entitled
- Joy Knowles as Trustee of the 3RD Way Commonwealth Retirement Benefits Scheme, Michael Knowles as Trustee of the 3RD Way Commonwealth Retirement Benefits Scheme
- Created
- 15 Nov 2013
- Registered
- 27 Nov 2013
- Persons entitled
- Joy Knowles, Michael William Knowles
- Created
- 23 Oct 2012
- Registered
- 30 Oct 2012
- Persons entitled
- Michael William Knowles
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