EDINBURGH LAW SEMINARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC482238 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-16
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees300100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-07-31
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    GRETTON, George Lidderdale resigned
    director
  8. 2022-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-07-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-21
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  13. 2021-07-16
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    EDEN, Sandra Margaret resigned
    director
  14. 2021-07-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-07-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH LAW SEMINARS LIMITED
  21. 2014-07-16
    ➕
    BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2014-07-16
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    BARR, Alan Roderic appointed
    director
  23. 2014-07-16
    ➕
    REID, Kenneth Gilbert Cameron appointed
    director
  24. 2014-07-16
    ➕
    EDEN, Sandra Margaret appointed
    director
  25. 2014-07-16
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    GRETTON, George Lidderdale appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Gilbert Cameron Reid
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr George Lidderdale Gretton
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Alan Roderic Barr
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Sandra Margaret Edenceased 30/05/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest

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
Incorporated2014-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARR, Alan Roderic→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-07-16
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Active
REID, Kenneth Gilbert Cameron→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDEN, Sandra Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-07-16 · resigned 2021-07-16
Resigned
GRETTON, George Lidderdale→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-07-16 · resigned 2022-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-01-21