EDUCATIONAL EDITING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC510193 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-06
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
£-2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,465

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£-2.5k
Cash£1.3k
Net assets£-2.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-06
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    Company incorporated
    As EDUCATIONAL EDITING LIMITED
  17. 2015-07-06
    ➕
    GARDINER, Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • 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
Ms Elizabeth Gardiner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Registered office

8 Douglas Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 0BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GARDINER, Elizabeth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-07-06
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Recent filings (26 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-09