CENTURY LAW LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03878887 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£207.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £207,372
Cash YoY
+62%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£285k
↑ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£207k
↑ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£285k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £207.4k | £126.1k |
| Current assets | £285.1k | — |
| Cash | £284.7k | £175.9k |
| Debtors | £319 | — |
| Net assets | £207.4k | £126.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-17➕OPPENHEIM, Nicholas Stephen appointeddirector
- 2018-12-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-12-31➖POPE, Jeremy John resigneddirector
- 2017-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-01➖KEMP, Simon resigneddirector
- 2008-04-07➕KEMP, Simon appointeddirector
- 2001-05-01➕POPE, Jeremy John appointeddirector
- 2001-04-30➖MANSFIELD, Frances Anne resigneddirector
- 1999-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CENTURY LAW LIMITED
- 1999-11-17➕BIRD, Alan David appointedsecretary
- 1999-11-17➕BIRD, Alan David appointeddirector
- 1999-11-17➕FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-17➖FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-17➕MANSFIELD, Frances Anne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan David Bird Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jeremy John Popeceased 17/11/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Registered office
St Stephens House
Arthur Road
Windsor
SL4 1RU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
BIRD, Alan David→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 1999-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OPPENHEIM, Nicholas Stephen→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2019-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 1999-11-17
KEMP, Simon→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2010-09-01
MANSFIELD, Frances Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2001-04-30
POPE, Jeremy John→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2001-05-01 · resigned 2017-12-31
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Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28