LINDEN FIRST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-26 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£23K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£142K
-35.5% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£104K
-1,385.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £64,000 | £36,000 | |
| Operating profit | £23,000 | -£75,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,000 | -£104,000 | |
| Net profit | -£9,000 | -£78,000 | |
| Cash | — | £23,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £220,000 | £142,000 | |
| Net assets | £220,000 | £142,000 | |
| Equity | £220,000 | £142,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.9% | -208.3% | |
| Net margin | -14.1% | -216.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | -52.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.8% | 83.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.03x | 0.09x | |
| Interest cover | 0.77x | -2.59x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements of the Company on a going concern basis due to the continued financial support from the parent company. The Company has received confirmation that its parent company intends to support the Company for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The parent company confirms its ability to provide the support.”
Significant events
- “On 3 March 2025, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Countryside Properties (UK) Limited (a fellow group undertaking) whereby Countryside Properties (UK) Limited granted the Company a revolving loan facility of up to £1,000,000 for a term of three years from the date of the agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-25 | — | — |
| DAVIES, Kate | Director | 2024-01-01 | Mar 1956 | British |
| FARNHAM, Mark Robert | Director | 2018-05-01 | Jan 1965 | British |
| HUGHES, Eamonn | Director | 2024-04-02 | Apr 1983 | Irish |
| TEAGLE, Stephen John | Director | 2012-03-15 | Dec 1959 | British |
| WILES, Andrew David | Director | 2012-12-05 | Dec 1950 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMER, Martin Trevor Digby | Secretary | 2020-01-03 | 2021-06-25 |
| GALLIFORD TRY SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-03-15 | 2020-01-03 |
| BAKER, Ian | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2013-01-02 |
| BRESLIN, Steven Mark | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2018-05-01 |
| CARNEGIE, Keith Bryan | Director | 2020-01-03 | 2023-12-31 |
| FARNHAM, Mark Robert | Director | 2012-03-15 | 2016-11-21 |
| SIBLEY, Earl | Director | 2020-01-03 | 2024-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vistry Linden Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-43.8%
£64,000 £36,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-35.5%
£220,000 £142,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-426.1%
£23,000 -£75,000
-
Profit before tax
-1,385.7%
-£7,000 -£104,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers