EDINBURGH TELEMEDICINE SOLUTIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC182016 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-12
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  3. 2024-11-25
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-06
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  5. 2024-01-23
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  6. 2024-01-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-01-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-12-26
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    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-10-31
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  11. 2022-01-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2022-01-19
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-02
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2000-11-01
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    LAMB, Andrew Noel, Dr appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-11-01
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    BUGLER LAMB, Kate, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2000-11-01
    ➖
    BADGER, Peter George resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-11-01
    ➖
    BADGER, Peter George resigned
    director
  22. 1999-03-26
    ➕
    BADGER, Peter George appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-03-26
    ➖
    EYDMANN, Maureen resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-03-26
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    EYDMANN, Maureen resigned
    director
  25. 1998-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH TELEMEDICINE SOLUTIONS LTD.
  26. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    LAMB, Andrew Noel, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    EYDMANN, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-01-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    BADGER, Peter George appointed
    director
  31. 1998-01-12
    ➕
    EYDMANN, Maureen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Kate Bugler Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Dr Andrew Noel Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

10 Abbey Park Place
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 7NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LAMB, Andrew Noel, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUGLER LAMB, Kate, Dr→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, Andrew Noel, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BADGER, Peter George→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-26 · resigned 2000-11-01
Resigned
EYDMANN, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 1998-01-12
Resigned
BADGER, Peter George→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 2000-11-01
Resigned
EYDMANN, Maureen→
director · appointed 1998-01-12 · resigned 1999-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-01-19