ROSS LINKS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08999564 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-16
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-10-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-11
    ➕
    JOLLANS, Susan Muireall appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-11
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Christopher John appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-11
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Peter William appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-11
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Robert Brewer appointed
    director
  12. 2024-05-11
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    SUTHERLAND, John Brewer resigned
    director
  13. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2014-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ROSS LINKS LTD
  22. 2014-04-16
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, John Brewer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-04-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

JOLLANS, Susan Muireall→
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, Christopher John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-05-11
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Peter William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, Robert Brewer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTHERLAND, John Brewer→
director · ~95y · appointed 2014-04-16 · resigned 2024-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-13