EDINBURGH TUTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC339201 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
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

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£52.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
50 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,460
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,619 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£75kJul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£52.9k£62.2k—
Current assets£43.8k£75.4k—
Cash£16.0k£56.4k—
Debtors£27.8k£19.0k—
Net assets£52.5k£62.1k—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2022-09-14
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  5. 2022-07-28
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  6. 2021-07-29
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  7. 2020-01-26
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  8. 2019-04-22
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  9. 2018-04-30
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  10. 2017-04-30
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  11. 2016-03-31
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  12. 2016-02-05
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  13. 2015-05-27
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  14. 2015-04-02
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  15. 2014-04-30
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  16. 2008-12-27
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    BELL, Carolyn Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2008-12-20
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    BYRNE, Eamonn appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-12-20
    ➖
    BELL, Carolyn Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2008-07-01
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    BYRNE, Eamonn appointed
    director
  20. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    BELL, Carolyn Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-18
    ➕
    BELL, Carolyn Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2008-03-18
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    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH TUTORS LIMITED
  25. 2008-03-08
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-03-08
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    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eamonn Byrne
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Maisondieu
Near Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 8JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BYRNE, Eamonn→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYRNE, Eamonn→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Carolyn Ann→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2008-12-27
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-08 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
BELL, Carolyn Ann→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2008-12-20
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-08 · resigned 2008-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-22