EDINBURGH RESTAURANT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

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SC400655 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-31
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£247.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £247,630
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,549 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£56k
↓ 9.4% YoY
Net Worth
£248k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£649k
↓ 7.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£140k£279k£419k£559k£698kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£370.5k£459.7k
Current assets£649.2k£698.3k
Cash£55.7k£61.4k
Debtors£352.0k£375.7k
Net assets£247.6k£278.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-11
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    RADFORD, Benjamin resigned
    director
  4. 2024-07-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-07
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-07-01
    ➕
    RADFORD, Lisa Ann appointed
    director
  9. 2023-07-01
    ➖
    RADFORD, Joseph resigned
    director
  10. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-10-01
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    RADFORD, Joseph appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-31
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH RESTAURANT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
  23. 2011-05-31
    ➕
    HEMMINGS, Stephen David appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-31
    ➖
    HEMMINGS, Stephen David resigned
    director
  25. 2011-05-31
    ➕
    RADFORD, Benjamin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

10 Lady Lawson Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

RADFORD, Lisa Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEMMINGS, Stephen David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-05-31 · resigned 2011-05-31
Resigned
RADFORD, Benjamin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2011-05-31 · resigned 2024-07-11
Resigned
RADFORD, Joseph→
director · ~39y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2023-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13