892 EDIN LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC266342 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-13

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-09-19
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-09-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-06-03
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SPENCE, Alan John resigned
director
2004-04-13
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Company incorporated
As 892 EDIN LTD.
2004-04-13
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DUNCAN, Rosemary appointed
secretary
2004-04-13
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DUNCAN, John Baxter appointed
director
2004-04-13
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DUNCAN, Rosemary appointed
director
2004-04-13
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-13
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-13
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SPENCE, Alan John appointed
director
2004-04-13
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-13
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Baxter Duncan Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-04-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

5/2 West Winnelstrae

Edinburgh

EH5 2ES

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUNCAN, Rosemary→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-13

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Active

DUNCAN, John Baxter→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-04-13

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Active

DUNCAN, Rosemary→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-04-13

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-13

Resigned

SPENCE, Alan John→

director · ~81y · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-06-03

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-12