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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-03
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  3. 2023-09-06
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  7. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-08-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-05-29
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2014-11-18
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  15. 2014-08-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-06-10
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    HISLOP, Ben appointed
    director
  17. 2007-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As 876 EDIN LTD.
  18. 2007-08-06
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    HISLOP, Pnina Ester appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-08-06
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    HISLOP, John Thomas Bryan appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-06
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    HISLOP, Pnina Ester appointed
    director
  21. 2007-08-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-08-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-08-06
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Thomas Bryan Hislop
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/04/2016
Mrs Pnina Ester Hislop
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ben Hislop
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-04