Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy Limited
Reference number: 1052141
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £6,561 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 703401 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- EDINBURGH FOOD & DRINK ACADEMY LIMITED (FRN 1052141) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not EDINBURGH FOOD & DRINK ACADEMY.
- Example: if EDINBURGH FOOD & DRINK ACADEMY refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from EDINBURGH FOOD & DRINK ACADEMY itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Edinburgh New Town Cookery School, 7 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH2 1JE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When entcs.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0131 226 4314 is
- Who else gives the postcode EH2 1JE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Edinburgh New Town Cookery School Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- SC357733 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 April 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 7 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH2 1JE
- Nature of business
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- Other food services (SIC 56290)
- Other education not elsewhere classified (SIC 85590)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Fiona Margaret Stevenson | Director | Aug 1955 | 25 Aug 2009 | 1 other company |
| David Alistair Wither | Director | Jan 1962 | 22 May 2025 | 16 other companies |
| Lucinda Emma Kate Bruce-Gardyne | Director | Apr 1971 | 22 May 2025 | 5 other companies |
| Paul Atkinson | Director | Sep 1961 | 22 May 2025 | 48 other companies |
| Mark Ross Miller | Director | May 1966 | 22 May 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Stella Helen Morse | Director | Aug 1967 | 22 May 2025 | 8 other companies |
| Andrew Graham Duffin | Director | Jul 1985 | 18 Aug 2025 | 1 other company |
| Andrew Graham Duffin | Secretary | Not published | 18 Aug 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 directors
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- other companies
- 86
- closed down
- 28
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 86 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£6,561
Up £120k from −£127k
Cash at bank
£156k
+416% from £30.3k
Owed within a year
£157k
<1% from £157k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £6,561 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC357733. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
8 May 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Edinburgh New Town Cookery School Limited"
FCA register
28 February 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2025
22 May 2025
- Fiona Margaret Stevenson gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Fiona Margaret Stevenson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
3 April 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 86 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk