PADDINGTON LAW CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01988411 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-02-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

£37.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

35 officers (7 active, 35 linked, 34 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

137 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £37,280

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£24k

Net Worth

£37k

Current Assets

£73k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-03-31
Total assets	£37.3k
Current assets	£73.0k
Cash	£24.0k
Debtors	£15.7k
Net assets	£37.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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accounts · AA
2025-12-12
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officers · TM01
2025-12-10
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JOLL, Jemima Sybil Catherine resigned
director
2024-12-13
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accounts · AA
2024-11-13
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BUCK, Karen Patricia appointed
director
2024-11-13
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officers · AP01
2024-03-03
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officers · AP01
2024-03-03
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officers · AP01
2024-02-29
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MOUZAKITOU, Athina appointed
director
2024-02-29
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SMITH-IHIONVIEN, Miriam Celina appointed
director
2024-02-29
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JOLL, Jemima Sybil Catherine appointed
director
2024-02-29
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officers · AP01
2023-12-22
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ANSAH-TWUM, Wonta Nana Asuaa resigned
director
2023-12-22
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officers · TM01
2023-12-15
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accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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WILBY, Kit resigned
director
2023-02-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
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officers · AP01
2022-01-11
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HASTIE, Laura Louise appointed
director
2022-01-11
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BRATHWAITE, Kenneth resigned
secretary
2022-01-11
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ANSAH-TWUM, Wonta Nana Asuaa appointed
director
2022-01-11
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BRAITHWAITE, Ken resigned
director
2022-01-11
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KHAN, Muhammad resigned
director
2022-01-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2021-11-15
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incorporation · MA
2021-11-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-11-06
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PATEL, Ashok resigned
director
2016-04-01
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BUSH, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-04-01
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KHAN, Muhammad appointed
director
2016-04-01
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PATEL, Ashok appointed
director
2015-10-29
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BRAITHWAITE, Ken appointed
director
2015-10-29
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WILBY, Kit appointed
director
2010-02-25
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LIMA, Charles resigned
director
2009-10-01
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QUERESHI, Mushtaq resigned
director
2007-12-12
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DOMANSKA, Mary Helen resigned
director
2007-06-25
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BEHBEHANI, Kash Khashayar resigned
director
2007-06-25
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HAZEL, Ivan resigned
director
2004-05-25
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GEBREMIKAEL, Liben resigned
director
2003-01-30
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DOMANSKA, Mary Helen appointed
director
2003-01-30
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LEE, Janet resigned
director
2003-01-30
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LIMA, Charles appointed
director
2002-07-15
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PURTON, Peter appointed
director
2002-03-18
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LEKIC, Milo resigned
director
2001-12-26
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ENRIGHT, Johanne resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1986-02-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

421 Harrow Road

London

W10 4RE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06