EDINBURGH CITY PRIVATE HIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC649611 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
20 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-05
    SAUNDERS, Natasha appointed
    director
  3. 2025-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-11-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-10-29
    GIBSON, Allan Esplin resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-10-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-12-14
    GIBSON, Keith Allan appointed
    director
  14. 2021-09-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-24
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-01-22
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH CITY PRIVATE HIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  18. 2019-12-16
    GIBSON, Allan Esplin appointed
    director
  19. 2019-12-16
    📄
    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.)

Group structure

Set Fare Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Set Fare Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
EDINBURGH CITY PRIVATE HIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · SC649611

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Set Fare Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Allan Esplin Gibsonceased 29/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Cousland Terrace
Seafield
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH47 7AS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GIBSON, Keith Allan
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-12-14
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Active
SAUNDERS, Natasha
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-12-05
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Active
GIBSON, Allan Esplin
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-12-16 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-16