LIN HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC754591 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-10📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-02-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs LIN HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2023-01-09➕LIN, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2023-01-09➕LIN, Nicola appointeddirector
- 2023-01-09➕LIN, Shih Chang appointeddirector
- 2023-01-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Shih Chang Lin Individual · Chinese · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 25–50% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 09/01/2023 |
Nicola Lin Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/01/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
5 Spey Walk
Motherwell
ML1 4ST
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)
Active
Active
LIN, Shih Chang→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-01-09
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Recent filings (21 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13