EAST LOTHIAN ADVICE CONSORTIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC517628 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2015-10-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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officers · AP01
2024-07-01
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LUMSDEN, Carol Elizabeth Lightbody appointed
director
2024-05-27
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officers · TM01
2024-05-21
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JOASS, Marion Green resigned
director
2023-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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officers · AP01
2022-12-16
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DOUGLAS, William Gavin appointed
director
2022-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
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WILLIAMSON, John Charles resigned
director
2022-02-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-14
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JOASS, Marion Green appointed
director
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-12
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SOULSBY, Colin Gordon resigned
director
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-24
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SOULSBY, Colin Gordon appointed
director
2019-05-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-07
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MORRIS, David resigned
director
2018-08-02
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CURRIE, Malcolm appointed
director
2018-08-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-05-18
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CURRIE, Ruth Catherine Linn resigned
director
2017-01-17
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CARR, Robert appointed
director
2016-10-31
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O'DONNELL, Fiona resigned
director
2016-08-08
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CURRIE, Ruth Catherine Linn appointed
director
2016-03-17
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EVANS, Morag Margaret Jean resigned
director
2015-10-09
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Company incorporated
As EAST LOTHIAN ADVICE CONSORTIUM LIMITED
2015-10-09
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HASTIE, Anne Patricia Crichton appointed
director
2015-10-09
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EVANS, Morag Margaret Jean appointed
director
2015-10-09
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MORRIS, David appointed
director
2015-10-09
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O'DONNELL, Fiona appointed
director
2015-10-09
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WILLIAMSON, John Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Haddington Citizens Advice Bureau

Corporate parent · board control

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Musselburgh & District Citizens Advice Bureau

Corporate parent · board control

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EAST LOTHIAN ADVICE CONSORTIUM LIMITED

This company · SC517628

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Haddington Citizens Advice Bureau Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016
Musselburgh & District Citizens Advice Bureau Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2015-10-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

46 Court Street Court Street

Haddington

East Lothian

EH41 3NP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-22

Last: 2025-10-08