Holding in Company

Edinburgh Small Companies Trust PLC
5 July 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
      Royal London Long Term Fund

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


4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
      Chase Nominees Ltd

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
      -

6) Percentage of issued class
      -

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      1,217,978

8) Percentage of issued class
      1.74%

9) Class of security
      Ordinary


10) Date of transaction
      3 July 2001


11) Date company informed
      5 July 2001


12) Total holding following this notification
      4,115,396



13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      5.9128%

14) Any additional information
      None

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Amanda Fraser (Tel [phone])


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

      Amanda Fraser
Date of notification 5 July 2001