FT LINDEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC376768 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-14
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.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees2200

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.

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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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2022-04-19
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  6. 2021-08-24
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  7. 2021-04-21
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  8. 2021-04-21
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  9. 2020-07-21
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  10. 2020-04-27
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  11. 2020-04-27
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  12. 2019-09-12
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  13. 2018-09-25
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  14. 2017-08-01
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  15. 2017-04-10
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  16. 2012-06-01
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    LINDSAY, John resigned
    director
  17. 2011-02-14
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    MORTON, John Gavin appointed
    director
  18. 2010-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As FT LINDEN LIMITED
  19. 2010-04-14
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    THOMSON, Angus Edward William appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-14
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    LINDSAY, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Angus Edward William Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
John Gavin Morton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

28 Stafford Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MORTON, John Gavin→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-02-14
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Active
THOMSON, Angus Edward William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-04-14
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Active
LINDSAY, John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-04-14 · resigned 2012-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-21