LINEN PARK LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 7.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.0y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-10-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-10-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-05-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2019-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs LINEN PARK LIMITED
- 2015-11-04➕COCHRANE, Ian Robert Samuel appointeddirector
- 2015-11-04➕COCHRANE, Mark Frederick appointeddirector
- 2015-11-04➕COCHRANE, Sharon Anne appointeddirector
- 2015-11-04➖COCHRANE, Sharon Anne resigneddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Chieftan Homes Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chieftan Homes Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 04/11/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ian Robert Samuel Cochraneceased 15/10/2024· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/05/2019 | — |