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Prepared 24 May 2026
EDINBURGH BOOKSELLERS' SOCIETY LIMITED
SC000879 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1879-03-22
1. Company facts
- Status
- active
- Lifecycle
- 🌳 Mature — Long-running with flat or slow growth. Steady cash, limited upside.
- Jurisdiction
- scotland
- Registered office
- Ramsay Croft, Old Edinburgh Road, Dalkeith, EH22 1JD, Scotland
- SIC codes
- 94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
- Accounts next due
- 2026-12-31
- Confirmation statement next due
- 2026-07-10
2. Directors (5 active)
- CAMPBELL, William Kilpatrick
- director · appointed 2016-06-23 · born 3/1951 (age 75)
- O'HARE, Terence
- director · appointed 2022-06-23 · born 3/1962 (age 64)
- TAYLOR, Jacqueline Florence Sinclair
- director · appointed 2024-02-01 · born 12/1963 (age 63)
- WATERSTON, Geoffrey Sansome
- director · appointed 2010-06-23 · born 11/1957 (age 69)
- WILKIE, Hilary Traquair
- director · appointed 2019-06-25 · born 8/1965 (age 61)
3. Shareholders (2 active)
- Mrs Jacqueline Florence Sinclair Taylor
- significant influence
- Mr Geoffrey Waterston
- significant influence
Headline verdict
- Opportunity score
- 81/100 (Exceptional)
- Owner dependency
- high — 65/100
- Red flags
- 0 high · 0 medium · 0 low