EDINBURGH 1308 LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC376019 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-31
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-29
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-12-27
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  5. 2022-10-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-01-01
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    PEDEN, Henry resigned
    director
  7. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-02
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-27
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  14. 2015-12-30
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  15. 2015-05-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-06-02
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    PEDEN, Duncan Ross resigned
    director
  18. 2010-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH 1308 LTD
  19. 2010-03-31
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    PEDEN, Douglas Duncan appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-31
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    PEDEN, Lauren appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-31
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    PEDEN, Duncan Ross appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-31
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    PEDEN, Henry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Duncan Peden
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2017

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
Incorporated2010-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

21 St. Catherines Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1NU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PEDEN, Douglas Duncan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-31
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Active
PEDEN, Lauren→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-03-31
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Active
PEDEN, Duncan Ross→
director · ~90y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2014-06-02
Resigned
PEDEN, Henry→
director · ~93y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2022-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-02