LINKS ESTATES LTD

🌳Matureactive
07732641 · ltd · incorporated 2011-08-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£919.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 65/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

16 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.0y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
66
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £919,099
Net assets shrinking
Down £346,242 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 63% YoY
Cash YoY
-63%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↓ 63% YoY
Net Worth
£919k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£611k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£253k£506k£759k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.03M£1.45M
Current assets£610.5k£466.1k
Cash£15.9k£42.6k
Debtors£565.3k£30.8k
Net assets£919.1k£1.27M

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-06
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    MCKINNEY, Karl Joseph resigned
    director
  5. 2026-03-06
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Stephen Hugh resigned
    director
  6. 2026-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-10-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-10-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2025-08-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2025-08-18
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    Charge satisfied #4
  11. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-11-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-11-25
    ➕
    JONES, Joshua Alan appointed
    director
  14. 2024-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2024-05-03
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    MCKINNEY, Karl Joseph appointed
    director
  16. 2024-03-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2024-03-15
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    FINN, Alexander John appointed
    director
  18. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2021-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2021-10-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2021-10-08
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    AUSTIN, Neil Harrison resigned
    director
  24. 2021-09-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  25. 2021-09-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  26. 2021-09-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  27. 2021-09-08
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  28. 2021-09-08
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  29. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #16
  30. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #15
  31. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #14
  32. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #13
  33. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #12
  34. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #11
  35. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #10
  36. 2021-09-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #9
  37. 2019-06-24
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    Charge satisfied #7
  38. 2016-09-01
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  39. 2016-09-01
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    Charge registered #15
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  40. 2016-09-01
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    Charge registered #14
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  41. 2016-09-01
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  42. 2016-03-31
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  43. 2016-03-31
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  44. 2016-03-31
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  45. 2016-03-31
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  46. 2014-02-28
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  47. 2013-07-01
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  48. 2012-10-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  49. 2012-10-11
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  50. 2012-10-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 56 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCKINNEY, Karl Joseph resigned 2026-03-06; ROBERTS, Stephen Hugh resigned 2026-03-06

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

6 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Shiftworks Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Shiftworks Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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LINKS ESTATES LTD
This company · 07732641

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Shiftworks Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/09/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen Hugh Robertsceased 01/09/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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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
Incorporated2011-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Shiftworks Royal House
14 Upper Northgate Street
Chester
CH1 4EE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FINN, Alexander John→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Joshua Alan→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTIN, Neil Harrison→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-08-08 · resigned 2021-10-08
Resigned
MCKINNEY, Karl Joseph→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-05-03 · resigned 2026-03-06
Resigned
ROBERTS, Stephen Hugh→
director · ~66y · appointed 2011-08-08 · resigned 2026-03-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

16
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:16 of 16 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property01/09/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property01/09/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property01/09/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property01/09/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property31/03/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property31/03/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property31/03/201608/09/2021
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property31/03/201608/09/2021
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/02/2014—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/07/201324/06/2019
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property11/10/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property11/10/2012—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property11/10/201218/08/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property11/10/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property11/10/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/06/2012—
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Recent filings (73 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10