EUROPEAN LINEN SUPPLIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13292316 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-25
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96010Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-01-13
    ➖
    RICHARDSON, Lennox Scott resigned
    director
  8. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-04-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EUROPEAN LINEN SUPPLIES LIMITED
  12. 2021-03-25
    ➕
    ASCROFT, Ian appointed
    director
  13. 2021-03-25
    ➕
    BRADBURN, David Ian appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-25
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Lennox Scott appointed
    director
  15. 2021-03-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 David Ian Bradburn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control25/03/2021
Mr Ian Ascroft
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/01/2023

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
Incorporated2021-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

41 Bridgeman Terrace
Wigan
WN1 1TT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ASCROFT, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2021-03-25
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Active
BRADBURN, David Ian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Lennox Scott→
director · ~61y · appointed 2021-03-25 · resigned 2023-01-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-04-16