LINKSHOUSE STORES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC314571 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2012-08-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2007-05-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2007-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 2007-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As LINKSHOUSE STORES LIMITED
  21. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Johnina Helen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-01-12
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    JAMIESON, Johnina Helen appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Victor Magnus John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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 Victor Magnus John Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/01/2017
Mrs Johnina Helen Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/01/2017

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
Incorporated2007-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Solveig East Voe
Scalloway
Shetland
ZE1 0US
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JAMIESON, Johnina Helen→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-12
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Active
JAMIESON, Johnina Helen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-01-12
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Active
JAMIESON, Victor Magnus John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-01-12
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property11/05/200716/01/2016
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property23/02/200710/08/2012

Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13