EDINBURGH CONTRACTOR LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC547086 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£257.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £257,039
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£88k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£257k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£330k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£66k£132k£198k£264k£330kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£270.1k£180.5k
Current assets£329.9k£260.0k
Cash£88.2k£130.2k
Debtors£233.1k£129.3k
Net assets£257.0k£172.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2018-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-07-01
    ➕
    HOWIE, Susannah Lauren appointed
    director
  13. 2017-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-06-06
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2017-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-02-08
    ➕
    HOWIE, Susannah Lauren appointed
    secretary
  18. 2016-10-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH CONTRACTOR LTD
  19. 2016-10-06
    ➕
    HAWORTH, Iain Chester appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Iain Chester Haworth
Individual · British · DOB 06/1987 · age 39
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/10/2016
Ms Susannah Lauren Howie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2018

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
Incorporated2016-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

84 Comiston Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5QJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOWIE, Susannah Lauren→
secretary · appointed 2017-02-08
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Active
HAWORTH, Iain Chester→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-10-06
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Active
HOWIE, Susannah Lauren→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-07-01
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-01