{"name":"LINK PRINT & PACKAGING LIMITED","company_number":"03262983","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1996-10-14","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"2a Swordfish Business Park Swordfish Close, Higgins Lane, Burscough, Lancashire, United Kingdom, L40 8JW","postcode":"L40 8JW","sic_codes":[{"code":46620,"description":"Wholesale of machine tools"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Micro","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":4,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","net_assets":231839,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":225137,"average_employees":4},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":164638},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":100467},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":23245}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":3,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Link Print & Packaging Limited has achieved a remarkable financial turnaround from negative net assets of £(66,672) in 2017 to a robust positive position of £231,839 by 2025, demonstrating exceptional resilience for a micro-entity operating in the cyclical machine tools wholesale sector. However, the sharp deceleration in net asset growth to just £6,702 in the most recent year signals potential margin compression consistent with broader UK industrial distribution headwinds, including rising financing costs and manufacturing output contraction. The company occupies a defensible niche specialist position with a strong balance sheet and minimal leverage, but faces structural challenges around scale, key-person dependency, and the ongoing digital transformation of wholesale distribution channels.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/link-print-packaging-1","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03262983","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/link-print-packaging-1/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/link-print-packaging-1"}