876 EDIN LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC328820 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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2023-09-06
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2022-09-20
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2021-08-31
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2020-10-19
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2019-11-13
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2018-09-04
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2017-11-07
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2015-08-19
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2013-06-10
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HISLOP, Ben appointed
director
2007-08-06
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Company incorporated
As 876 EDIN LTD.
2007-08-06
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HISLOP, Pnina Ester appointed
secretary
2007-08-06
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HISLOP, John Thomas Bryan appointed
director
2007-08-06
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HISLOP, Pnina Ester appointed
director
2007-08-06
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-08-06
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-08-06
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-08-06
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 John Thomas Bryan Hislop Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/04/2016
Mrs Pnina Ester Hislop Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Ben Hislop Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-08-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

32 Buckstone Court

Edinburgh

EH10 6UL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HISLOP, Pnina Ester→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-06

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Active

HISLOP, Ben→

director · ~41y · appointed 2013-06-10

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Active

HISLOP, John Thomas Bryan→

director · ~72y · appointed 2007-08-06

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Active

HISLOP, Pnina Ester→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-08-06

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-06

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-06

Resigned

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