LINTON ROBERTSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08264545 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-1.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,903
Cash YoY
+8786%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 8786% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 1336% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£7k-£2k£3k£8k£13k£18kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-1.9k£-7.0k
Current assets£18.4k£1.3k
Cash£12.4k£140
Debtors—£144
Net assets£-1.9k£-7.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-03
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  5. 2023-06-22
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-06-21
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  7. 2022-12-22
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  8. 2022-01-10
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  9. 2022-01-10
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-24
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  11. 2021-05-13
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  12. 2021-03-31
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  13. 2021-03-01
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    SCALES, Patricia resigned
    director
  14. 2020-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  15. 2020-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  16. 2019-12-11
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  17. 2019-10-17
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  18. 2019-10-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2018-10-24
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    SCALES, Patricia appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As LINTON ROBERTSON LIMITED
  21. 2012-10-23
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    HALL-MACKENZIE-GILLANDERS, Julia Natalie Diana appointed
    director
  22. 2012-10-23
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2012-10-23
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Julia Natalie Diana Hall-Mackenzie-Gillanders
Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Patricia Scalesceased 01/03/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2012-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Ava Lodge
Castle Terrace
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1NP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HALL-MACKENZIE-GILLANDERS, Julia Natalie Diana→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-10-23
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2012-10-23 · resigned 2012-10-23
Resigned
SCALES, Patricia→
director · ~75y · appointed 2018-10-24 · resigned 2021-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-24