Holding in Company

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
6 April 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company:

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust plc



2) Name of shareholder having a major interest
      The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
      Notification relates to 2 above and the Royal Bank of Scotland plc


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
      RBSTB Nominees Ltd - 519,025 shares
      Nutraco Nominees Ltd - 3,000,000 shares
      BNY GIL Client A/c Nominees Ltd - 769,269 shares
      Coutts & Co - 16,480 shares
      NatWest FIS Nominees Ltd - 10,000 shares


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      not disclosed


6) Percentage of issued class
      not disclosed


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      not disclosed




8) Percentage of issued class
      not disclosed

9) Class of security
      Ordinary


10) Date of transaction
      not disclosed


11) Date company informed
      6 April 2001


12) Total holding following this notification
      3,519,025 - The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
      4,314,774 - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      5.05% - The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
      6.19% - The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc


14) Any additional information
      None


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Valerie MacKenzie (Tel [phone])


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

      Valerie MacKenzie
Date of notification 6 April 2001