EDINBURGH HEADWAY GROUP

🌳Matureactive

SC138081 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1992-04-30

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

37 officers (6 active, 37 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-05-12
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officers · CH01
2025-05-01
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officers · CH01
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-02-08
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YOUNG, Wendy appointed
director
2025-01-13
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accounts · AA
2023-12-06
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officers · TM01
2023-12-06
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officers · TM01
2023-12-06
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officers · TM01
2023-11-24
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FERGUSON, Aileen Rosemary resigned
director
2023-11-24
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WHITE, Stewart resigned
director
2023-11-24
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WILLIAMSON, David resigned
director
2023-11-03
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accounts · AA
2022-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-11-17
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officers · AP01
2022-11-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-25
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DAWSON, Kirstin appointed
director
2022-10-10
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officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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MATHESON, Roderick resigned
director
2022-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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officers · TM01
2022-06-30
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KHAN-JUHOOR, Nadir resigned
director
2022-06-21
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officers · RP04TM02
2022-06-13
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KEENAN, Michelle resigned
secretary
2022-06-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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officers · AP01
2020-07-09
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ALLAN, Lorraine Elizabeth resigned
director
2020-02-25
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RUTHERFORD, Stewart Russell appointed
director
2020-02-25
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FERGUSON, Aileen Rosemary appointed
director
2020-02-25
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WHITE, Stewart appointed
director
2016-11-22
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ALLAN, Lorraine Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-04-12
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BAXTER, Neliss Stewart resigned
director
2016-04-12
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DUNN, Jonathan Andrew Alexander resigned
director
2015-11-25
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GILSON, Glen Douglas resigned
director
2014-12-02
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BAXTER, Neliss Stewart appointed
director
2014-12-02
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KHAN-JUHOOR, Nadir appointed
director
2014-10-21
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DICKSON, Malcolm Alexander Bryce resigned
director
2013-10-29
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LEY, Andrew Charles appointed
director
2013-10-28
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MILLER, Margaret Scott resigned
director
2013-02-26
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BRYDEN, William resigned
director
2013-01-29
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DICKSON, Malcolm Alexander Bryce resigned
secretary
2013-01-29
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KEENAN, Michelle appointed
secretary
2013-01-29
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BAILLIE, Michael Peter resigned
director
2013-01-29
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BRYDEN, Jean Margaret resigned
director
2012-09-19
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FITZGERALD, Alasdair John, Doctor appointed
director
2012-09-19
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PENTLAND, Brian, Dr resigned
director
2011-08-30
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DUNN, Jonathan Andrew Alexander appointed
director
2011-08-30
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O'MALLEY, Anthony John resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1992-04-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Edinburgh Headway Group Unit 4

27 Peffer Place

Edinburgh

EH16 4BB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30