ABRAHAM SOLICITORS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07371066 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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
Average employees	7	700

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2024-12-19
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2023-12-17
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accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-11-09
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accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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capital · SH01
2020-12-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-04
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officers · TM01
2020-11-04
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PRESTON-HEYES, Laura Lee resigned
director
2019-12-18
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accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2018-09-12
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2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2017-09-11
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2017-09-11
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2017-09-11
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2016-10-21
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ABRAHAM, Paul resigned
director
2016-09-01
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JONES, Bethan appointed
director
2016-09-01
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MACMILLAN, Denise appointed
director
2016-09-01
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PRESTON-HEYES, Laura Lee appointed
director
2011-03-17
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HOLLIDAY, Andy appointed
director
2010-09-09
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Company incorporated
As ABRAHAM SOLICITORS LTD
2010-09-09
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ABRAHAM, Paul appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Bethan Jones Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2016
Mr Andy Holliday Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2016
Mrs Denise Macmillan Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Miss Laura Lee Preston-Heyesceased 04/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Paul Abrahamceased 30/09/2016· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

53 King Street

Wrexham

LL11 1HR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOLLIDAY, Andy→

director · ~43y · appointed 2011-03-17

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Active

JONES, Bethan→

director · ~57y · appointed 2016-09-01

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Active

MACMILLAN, Denise→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-09-01

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Active

ABRAHAM, Paul→

director · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-09 · resigned 2016-10-21

Resigned

PRESTON-HEYES, Laura Lee→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-09-01 · resigned 2020-11-04

Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-04

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-11-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-18

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2021-01-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2020-12-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2020-12-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-01