E-DIESELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC200254 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-27

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Web portals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-05-25
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2024-07-17
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2023-06-26
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2022-06-30
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2021-07-21
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2020-08-10
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2019-06-13
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2018-07-17
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2017-06-10
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2016-05-20
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2015-09-27
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2015-05-12
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2014-09-29
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2014-05-15
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2013-10-02
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2011-04-28
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GEORGE, Daniel resigned
director
2000-02-17
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GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee appointed
secretary
2000-02-17
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GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee appointed
director
2000-02-17
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ROGERS, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2000-02-17
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GEORGE, Daniel appointed
director
1999-09-30
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ROGERS, Duncan Norman appointed
director
1999-09-30
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-30
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-27
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Company incorporated
As E-DIESELS LIMITED
1999-09-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-27
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Richard Rogers Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2016
Mr Duncan Norman Rogers Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2016
Mrs Stephanie Dorothee George Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-09-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

Ellary

Achahoish

Lochgilphead

Argyll

PA31 8PA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-11

Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee→

secretary · appointed 2000-02-17

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Active

GEORGE, Stephanie Dorothee→

director · ~61y · appointed 2000-02-17

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Active

ROGERS, Andrew Richard→

director · ~58y · appointed 2000-02-17

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Active

ROGERS, Duncan Norman→

director · ~63y · appointed 1999-09-30

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-27 · resigned 1999-09-30

Resigned

GEORGE, Daniel→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-02-17 · resigned 2011-04-28

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-27 · resigned 1999-09-30

Resigned

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