LINA HOME LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC801130 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-29
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£68.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £67,973

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£91k
Net Worth
£68k
Current Assets
£765k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£68.0k
Current assets£765.2k
Cash£91.4k
Debtors£415.6k
Net assets£68.0k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
12
filings
  • • 6 officers
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
13
filings
  • • 6 officers
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  2. 2026-04-02
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  4. 2026-03-25
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  5. 2026-03-18
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  6. 2026-03-18
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  9. 2026-03-18
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  10. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  11. 2026-03-10
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    address · AD01
  12. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2024-12-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
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  14. 2024-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2024-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  16. 2024-05-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2024-05-16
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  18. 2024-05-15
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  19. 2024-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  20. 2024-05-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  21. 2024-05-15
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  22. 2024-05-15
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  23. 2024-04-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  24. 2024-04-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Zaherali Ismail
  25. 2024-02-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LINA HOME LTD
  26. 2024-02-29
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Anish appointed
    secretary
  27. 2024-02-29
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Alizae Lina appointed
    director
  28. 2024-02-29
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Anish appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Anish Ismail
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/02/2024
Alizae Ismail
Individual · British · DOB 07/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/02/2024

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
Incorporated2024-02-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46470 — Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

Registered office

Unit 9 Pitreavie Business Park
Dunfermline
KY11 8US
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ISMAIL, Anish→
secretary · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active
ISMAIL, Alizae Lina→
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active
ISMAIL, Anish→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-02-29
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Zaherali Ismail
A registered charge—04/04/2024—
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Recent filings (26 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-05