LINK ORGANISATION PLC-THE
🌳Matureactive
NF003217 · oversea-company · incorporated 1995-08-03
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (43/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
- 1999-06-02📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1998-06-16📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1997-05-22📄legacyaccounts · ACX(NI)
- 1995-08-11📄legacyaccounts · 650A(NI)
- 1995-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs LINK ORGANISATION PLC-THE
- 1995-08-03➕KINGHAM, Paul appointedsecretary
- 1995-08-03➕CHAPMAN, Karl Edward Kevin Thomas appointeddirector
- 1995-08-03➕GORDON, Michael Winston George appointeddirector
- 1995-08-03📄legacyother · 641(NI)
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1995-08-03
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Enterprise House
Win Business Park
Canal Quay
Newry
BT35 6PH
Filing status
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Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
CHAPMAN, Karl Edward Kevin Thomas→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1995-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GORDON, Michael Winston George→
Activedirector · ~89y · appointed 1995-08-03
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Recent filings (5 total)
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1999-06-02
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1998-06-16
legacy
accounts · ACX(NI)
1997-05-22
legacy
accounts · 650A(NI)
1995-08-11
legacy
other · 641(NI)
1995-08-03