ESSENTIAL EDINBURGH

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SC343592 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-05-29

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.

Why now

Window opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 75 → 55
· Opportunity score: 79 → 70
· Bankability: 75 → 65
· Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

↓Opportunity score: 79 → 70
↓Hygiene score: 75 → 55
↓Bankability: 75 → 65
·Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

66 officers (12 active, 66 linked, 62 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

181 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £21,926

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	£21.9k	£850
Average employees	700	700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (143 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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officers · TM01
2026-03-09
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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THOMLINSON, John Alan resigned
director
2026-02-24
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BLAMIRE, Barry resigned
director
2026-02-17
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officers · AP01
2026-02-10
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SMITH, Ian Murray appointed
director
2025-12-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-19
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MORRIS, Richard resigned
director
2025-11-25
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officers · TM01
2025-11-13
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accounts · AA
2025-11-13
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incorporation · MA
2025-11-13
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-11
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STEWART, David Alexander resigned
director
2025-10-14
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officers · AP01
2025-09-23
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STEVENSON-GRANT, Kimberley appointed
director
2025-06-30
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officers · AP01
2025-06-30
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officers · TM01
2025-06-24
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CAMERON, Lezley Marion, Cllr appointed
director
2025-06-24
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DUIGNAN, Caoimhe resigned
director
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-03-27
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BROWNLEE, Derek resigned
director
2025-02-25
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MILLER, Neil appointed
director
2025-02-25
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WALKER, Stephen appointed
director
2024-11-18
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accounts · AA
2024-10-17
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QUINN, Kieran Jp resigned
director
2024-10-17
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2024-03-01
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officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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2024-02-27
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LEDGERWOOD, Anne appointed
director
2024-02-27
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DUIGNAN, Caoimhe appointed
director
2023-11-17
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accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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officers · AP01
2023-09-13
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officers · CH01
2023-06-20
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2023-06-09
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PEEL, Nicholas resigned
director
2022-06-07
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CAMPBELL, Katherine Rosa resigned
director
2022-06-01
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MORRIS, Richard appointed
director
2022-02-28
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MASSON, Louise resigned
director
2022-02-28
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MILLER, Joshua resigned
director
2021-09-21
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LEROY, Lynzi appointed
director
2021-09-21
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STEWART, David appointed
director
2021-09-21
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QUINN, Kieran Jp appointed
director
2021-09-21
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THOMLINSON, John Alan appointed
director
2021-06-11
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MCPARTLIN, Jennifer resigned
director
2020-11-17
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CLARKE, Martin Andrew resigned
director
2020-02-18
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BURGESS, Rochelle resigned
director
2020-02-18
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PEEL, Nicholas appointed
director
2020-02-18
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SCHEEPERS, Johan resigned
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

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 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-12

5 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BLAMIRE, Barry resigned 2026-02-24; DUIGNAN, Caoimhe resigned 2025-06-24; MORRIS, Richard resigned 2025-12-19

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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TARTAN GOLF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→ SC086571 · est 1984	£965.1k £643.4k–£1.29M	—	—	19	42y	83	66y
CONFEDERATION OF FOREST INDUSTRIES (UK) LIMITED→ SC034467 · est 1959	£786.2k £524.1k–£1.05M	—	—	—	66y	82	72y
COGENT SSC LIMITED→ SC129351 · est 1991 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	83	59y
KIRKNEWTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST LTD→ SC307425 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	83	84y
NEVIS PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED→ SC020708 · est 1938 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	87y	83	90y
NEWLANDS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST→ SC328243 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	83	68y
OUTDOOR INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION CIC→ SC366266 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	83	66y
SALMON SCOTLAND LTD→ SC152347 · est 1994	—	—	£188.2k	—	31y	83	66y
SCOTPAC INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED→ SC047003 · est 1969	—	—	—	—	56y	83	60y
SMTA (TRADING PARTNERS) LIMITED→ SC342972 · est 2008	—	—	—	0	18y	83	76y
AW ESTATES LIMITED→ SC259737 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	82	68y
BOARDWISE (GLASGOW) LIMITED→ SC139326 · est 1992	—	—	—	—	33y	82	65y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2008-05-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Caledonian Exchange

19a Canning Street

Edinburgh

EH3 8HE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-12OVERDUE

Last: 2025-05-29