CHINA BUSINESS LINK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04136897 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-199.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £199,126
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
-£199k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£66k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£199k-£146k-£93k-£40k£13k£66kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-199.1k£-186.8k
Current assets£66.0k£64.8k
Cash£7.7k£5.6k
Debtors£58.3k£59.2k
Net assets£-199.1k£-186.8k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-29
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-10-18
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  6. 2021-12-21
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-12-08
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    ANTON, Robert Elan resigned
    director
  8. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-08
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-11-01
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    ANTON, Robert Elan appointed
    director
  16. 2016-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2008-06-30
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    CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan resigned
    director
  19. 2007-12-20
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    CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan appointed
    director
  20. 2005-11-16
    ➖
    MILSTEIN, Alan Geoffrey resigned
    director
  21. 2002-08-15
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    MILSTEIN, Alan Geoffrey appointed
    director
  22. 2001-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CHINA BUSINESS LINK LIMITED
  23. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    FENG, Lilly appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    FENG, Lilly appointed
    director
  25. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    MILSTEIN, Gideon appointed
    director
  26. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-01-08
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-01-08
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gideon Milstein
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Ms Lilly Feng
Individual · Chinese · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Phillips Chartered Accountants 4 Pearson Road
Central Park
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 9TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

FENG, Lilly→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-08
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Active
FENG, Lilly→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-01-08
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Active
MILSTEIN, Gideon→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-08 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
ANTON, Robert Elan→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2021-12-08
Resigned
CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2008-06-30
Resigned
MILSTEIN, Alan Geoffrey→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2005-11-16
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-08 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-18