EDIN SOFTWARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC212711 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-09
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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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£24.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £24,484
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
Net Worth
£24k
Current Assets
£31k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £24.5k | — |
| Current assets | £31.0k | — |
| Cash | £14.4k | — |
| Debtors | £16.6k | — |
| Net assets | £24.5k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-28📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-10-19➖EADIE, Fraser resigneddirector
- 2007-10-19➖HARKES, Kathryn resigneddirector
- 2000-11-09🏢Company incorporatedAs EDIN SOFTWARE LTD
- 2000-11-09➕ROOKE, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2000-11-09➕ROOKE, David appointeddirector
- 2000-11-09➕ROOKE, Julie appointeddirector
- 2000-11-09➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-11-09➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-11-09➕EADIE, Fraser appointeddirector
- 2000-11-09➕HARKES, Kathryn appointeddirector
- 2000-11-09➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-11-09➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Julie Rooke Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 14/10/2020 |
Mr Dave Rooke Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 14/10/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
29 Clayknowes Place
Musselburgh
East Lothian
EH21 6UG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
ROOKE, David→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2000-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROOKE, Julie→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2000-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2000-11-09
EADIE, Fraser→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2007-10-19
HARKES, Kathryn→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2007-10-19
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2000-11-09
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Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-28
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-10-28