FESTIVALS EDINBURGH LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC331673 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-10-01

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator 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 (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

51 officers (12 active, 51 linked, 42 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

154 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £48,590

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£48.6k	£39.6k
Average employees	6	1000

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (113 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2025-06-18
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officers · RP04AP01
2025-06-18
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officers · RP04AP01
2025-06-18
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officers · AP01
2025-06-17
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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officers · TM01
2025-04-23
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LANKESTER, Anthony appointed
director
2025-04-23
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RIDD, Paul appointed
director
2025-04-01
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MCCARTHY, Shona Mary resigned
director
2024-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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officers · TM02
2024-10-07
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STEWART, Gary resigned
secretary
2024-10-03
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officers · AP03
2024-10-01
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ANDERSON, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2024-09-24
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officers · TM01
2024-08-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-19
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EL-ZAFAR, Hassun appointed
director
2024-08-19
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GAGE, Simon Martin resigned
director
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-07-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-13
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incorporation · MA
2024-06-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-12
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BARRETT, Jason appointed
director
2024-01-12
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officers · AP01
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-12
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HOWES, Buster resigned
director
2023-09-22
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officers · AP01
2023-09-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-21
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NIVEN, Jenny appointed
director
2023-09-21
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MOXON, Sophie resigned
director
2023-04-02
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officers · AP01
2023-04-01
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DOUGHERTY, Lesley appointed
director
2023-03-31
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PARR, Joan resigned
director
2023-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-06
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HAY, Ken Stewart resigned
director
2022-08-04
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MCALEESE, Kim Therese appointed
director
2022-04-06
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PARR, Joan appointed
director
2022-03-31
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WOOD, Charles Browne Martin resigned
director
2022-02-11
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CAREY, Sorcha resigned
director
2021-02-03
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MCELHINNEY, Belinda Jane appointed
director
2020-11-13
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FITZPATRICK, Paul resigned
director
2020-07-07
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HOWES, Buster appointed
director
2020-06-13
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ALLFREY, Henry David, Brigadier resigned
director
2020-01-01
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ALEXANDER, Fiona appointed
director
2019-12-31
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SPENCE, Roger David Lynas resigned
director
2019-06-15
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HALFPENNY, Lillianne Janet resigned
director
2019-04-24
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HEGYI, Francesca appointed
director
2018-12-21
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BAKER, Joanna resigned
director
2018-09-25
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WOOD, Charles Browne Martin appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 113 events

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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2007-10-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Room 9/50 City Chambers

High Street

Edinburgh

EH1 1YJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01