EDINBURGH CONTRACTS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC733017 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 11 → 12
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1112
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-08
    ROBERTSON, Michael appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-11-23
    ROBERTSON, Michael resigned
    director
  8. 2023-10-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-05-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH CONTRACTS LTD
  11. 2022-05-20
    LAKE, Aimee Melissa appointed
    director
  12. 2022-05-20
    ROBERTSON, Michael appointed
    director
  13. 2022-05-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

17 Schirehall Avenue
Danderhall
Dalkeith
EH22 1FX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LAKE, Aimee Melissa
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-05-20
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Active
ROBERTSON, Michael
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-10-08
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Active
ROBERTSON, Michael
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-05-20 · resigned 2023-11-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-20