Holding in Company

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
30 August 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
      Liverpool Victoria Asset Management Ltd

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 Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd

Liverpool Victoria (1994) Staff Pension Scheme

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
      Not disclosed

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      None

6) Percentage of issued class
      N/A

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed,

      Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd - 864,198
      Liverpool Victoria (1994) Staff Pension Scheme - 135,802


8) Percentage of issued class

      Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd - 1.28%
      Liverpool Victoria (1994) Staff Pension Scheme - 0.20%


9) Class of security
      Ordinary 25p shares

10) Date of transaction
      not disclosed

11) Date company informed
      30.08.01

12) Total holding following this notification

      Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd - 1,235,802
      Liverpool Victoria (1994) Staff Pension Scheme - 194,198

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Ltd - 1.83%
      Liverpool Victoria (1994) Staff Pension Scheme - 0.29%

14) Any additional information
      None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

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

      Amanda Fraser
Date of notification 30.08.01