NILE HQ LTD
Company number SC306908 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Nile HQ Ltd is a well-established, debt-free Edinburgh-based strategic design consultancy occupying a defensible niche serving regulated sectors, where FCA Consumer Duty and AI-driven transformation provide structural demand tailwinds. Its balance sheet is stronger than typical independent agency peers, but FY2025 profitability (~1–2% implied net margin) trails sector norms, and liquidity has tightened sharply — cash down 81% from its 2022 peak, partly due to a £396k director loan that raises governance questions. Overall, this reads as a resilient niche specialist navigating the sector's post-pandemic correction, with an option scheme and investor governance structure consistent with a business positioning for eventual exit or transition.
Shareholders' funds
£1,968,358
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-08-16
- Employees
- 40 (2025 accounts · was 34 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 13-15 Circus Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 6SU
- Postcode
- EH3 6SU
- Capital
- 357 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 63990 Other information service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£159,644 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA127871 (Tier 2), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- nilehq.com
- Phone
- 0022501406337, 0035002187636, 023976023976
Nile helps firms in regulated sectors make better decisions. We work at the place where judgement, AI and people meet.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BUNNYFOOT SCOTLAND LIMITED | 2011-12-16 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 14-16 JACKSON'S ENTRY, THE TUN, HOLYROOD,EDINBURGH, EH8 8PJ | 2011-10-06 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 101 similar companies in EH
The largest employer among its local peers (40 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2006.
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 5 among other information service activities not elsewhere classified in Edinburgh.
The class of 2006
34%
of the 483 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.