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Edinburgh Designs

Edinburgh Designs is a test and measurement equipment maker incorporated in Scotland in 1988 (SC113088).

What they do

“Since 1987, we have worked on many different projects across the world and have installed over 2100 wave paddles in over 135 tanks in 28 countries.”

In its own words, on www4.edesign.co.uk

Latest from Edinburgh Designs

7Waves AS Wave Basin under construction in Norway

13 Jul 2026, from www4.edesign.co.uk, posted by the company

Stanford University’s Innovative New Baker Coastal Lab

31 Mar 2026, from www4.edesign.co.uk, posted by the company

New facility at TU Delft to study the effect of the Earth’s rotation on waves

23 Oct 2025, from www4.edesign.co.uk, posted by the company

Maritime Technology Innovation Center Taiwan (MTIC) Deep Ocean Basin Tank

23 Jul 2025, from www4.edesign.co.uk, posted by the company

ED HAVE MOVED TO A NEW PREMISES IN LOANHEAD

15 Jul 2024, from www4.edesign.co.uk, posted by the company

Financials

Cash at bank and in hand
£1.4m (30 Nov 2024), down 63% on £3.8m a year earlier
Total equity
£3.2m (30 Nov 2024)
Employees
18 on average (30 Nov 2024), unchanged on a year earlier (18)

Cash at year ends 2023 to 2024

Next accounts due 30 Nov 2026.

1 charge registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 30 Nov 2024, small-company accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year endCashStaff
30 Nov 2024£1.4m18
30 Nov 2023£3.8m18

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026from the company7Waves AS Wave Basin under construction in Norway
  2. 9 Apr 2026directorVilma Sergiune appointed Secretary
  3. 31 Mar 2026from the companyStanford University’s Innovative New Baker Coastal Lab
  4. 23 Oct 2025from the companyNew facility at TU Delft to study the effect of the Earth’s rotation on waves
  5. 23 Jul 2025from the companyMaritime Technology Innovation Center Taiwan (MTIC) Deep Ocean Basin Tank
  6. 30 Nov 2024accountsAccounts year end
  7. 15 Jul 2024from the companyED HAVE MOVED TO A NEW PREMISES IN LOANHEAD
  8. 28 Mar 2024directorIan Paul Jason appointed Director
  9. 28 Mar 2024directorIvan Rea appointed Director
  10. 28 Mar 2024directorMarco Rivolta appointed Director
  11. 30 Nov 2023accountsAccounts year end
  12. 26 Aug 1988incorporatedEdinburgh Designs incorporated as SC113088

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On the record

Licensed to sponsor visas (Skilled Worker)

Home Office sponsor register

A director resigned

9 Apr 2026 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2024

28 Nov 2025 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2023

26 Aug 2024 · Companies House

3 directors appointed

28 Mar 2024 · Companies House

3 directors resigned

28 Mar 2024 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2022

28 Aug 2023 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2021

28 Nov 2022 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2020

13 Aug 2021 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 30 November 2019

26 Nov 2020 · Companies House

Incorporated at Companies House

26 Aug 1988 · Companies House

Clients named by Edinburgh Designs

Bergen Towing Tank · Khalifa Robotics Tank · NUS DOBS Deep Ocean Basin · Plymouth Marine Building

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