EDINBANE AND COMMUNITIES COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC318756 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-03-16

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

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£404.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

38 officers (10 active, 38 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £404,650

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£405k

Current Assets

£293k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£404.6k
Current assets	£293.1k
Net assets	£404.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2026-02-25
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2026-01-19
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MOUNTER, James Philip appointed
director
2026-01-07
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2025-06-10
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2025-04-07
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officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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2024-11-30
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WHATLEY, Christopher John appointed
director
2024-11-30
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ASHURST, Phil resigned
director
2024-11-30
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KALAHER, Jonathan resigned
director
2024-08-19
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officers · TM01
2024-08-10
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LAWRIE, John resigned
director
2024-07-10
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accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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2024-04-22
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2024-04-10
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2024-04-10
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2024-04-09
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2024-01-31
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2024-01-31
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2024-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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officers · TM01
2023-11-24
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MACKINNON, Kenny appointed
director
2023-11-24
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WILSON, Sandra Jane appointed
director
2023-11-24
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ASHURST, Phil appointed
director
2023-11-24
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KALAHER, Jonathan appointed
director
2023-11-24
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MACKENZIE, Kelly resigned
director
2023-11-20
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officers · TM01
2023-11-13
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DAVIES, John resigned
director
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-24
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incorporation · MA
2023-05-10
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2023-01-27
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BOYLE, John appointed
director
2023-01-27
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PETTITT, Karen Louise appointed
director
2023-01-27
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TWADDLE, Sara Elizabeth Jane, Dr appointed
director
2023-01-27
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ASHURST, Phil resigned
director
2023-01-27
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DAVIES, John appointed
director
2023-01-27
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KALAHAR, Jonathan resigned
director
2023-01-27
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LAWRIE, John appointed
director
2023-01-27
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MACKENZIE, Kelly appointed
director
2023-01-27
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WHATLEY, Brian resigned
director
2023-01-27
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WHATLEY, Stuart Richard resigned
director
2022-05-25
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DANTER, Alistair John resigned
director
2020-03-11
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MACRAE, John resigned
director
2019-05-22
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CAMPBELL, George resigned
director
2019-03-29
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SHANKS, William James appointed
director
2019-03-29
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MACRAE, Peter, Mr. resigned
director
2019-03-29
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NELSON, Isabel, Mrs. resigned
director
2018-05-24
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PARKER, Karen 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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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

Incorporated2007-03-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Edinbane Pottery

Edinbane

Portree

Isle Of Skye

IV51 9PW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26