EDINBURGH COACH AND TRUCK PARK LIMITED

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SC512559 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees400400

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

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2 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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2015-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH COACH AND TRUCK PARK LIMITED
  11. 2015-08-07
    ADAMSON, George appointed
    director
  12. 2015-08-07
    SCOTT, George Mcneil appointed
    director
  13. 2015-08-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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 83 — 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

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 83 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Adamson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1943 · age 83
5075%
50-75% shares31/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

200 Sir Harry Lauder Road
Edinburgh
EH15 2QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ADAMSON, George
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-08-07
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Active
SCOTT, George Mcneil
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-08-07
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-06