ALCOCKS PROPERTY LAWYERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07007792 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 17 | 2000 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-13➖SAVAGE, Charlotte Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2026-02-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-01✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20➕SAVAGE, Charlotte Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2024-12-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-05-01➕TODD, Richard appointeddirector
- 2009-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCOCKS PROPERTY LAWYERS LIMITED
- 2009-09-03➕HAWKINS, Harriet Ann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-10-01: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Richard Todd Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/05/2017 |
Miss Harriet Ann Hawkins Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
70 Main Street
Lambley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG4 4PP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
HAWKINS, Harriet Ann→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2009-09-03
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TODD, Richard→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-05-01
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SAVAGE, Charlotte Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~29y · appointed 2024-12-20 · resigned 2026-02-13
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Recent filings (57 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13