ACUITY LAW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07545730 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-28

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£7.80M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.5y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (9 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,800,412

Cash draining

Cash down 70% YoY

Cash YoY

-70%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£558k

↓ 70% YoY

Net Worth

£7.8m

↑ 3.8% YoY

Current Assets

£10m

↓ 1.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£8.47M	£8.33M
Current assets	£10.50M	£10.70M
Cash	£558.0k	£1.85M
Debtors	£7.24M	£6.91M
Net assets	£7.80M	£7.51M

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

• 5 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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officers · AP01
2026-01-14
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officers · AP01
2026-01-14
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officers · AP01
2026-01-14
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officers · AP01
2026-01-14
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officers · AP01
2025-12-01
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BAKER, Gareth James appointed
director
2025-12-01
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CARTER, Adele appointed
director
2025-12-01
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GEORGE, Gwenno Mared appointed
director
2025-12-01
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HEATON, Robert appointed
director
2025-12-01
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KNOWLES, Claire Louise appointed
director
2025-08-01
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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officers · TM01
2024-01-03
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officers · TM01
2023-11-30
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FINLEY, Edward Lebaron resigned
director
2023-11-30
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LOWE, Paul Wyndham resigned
director
2023-08-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-14
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accounts · AA
2021-09-05
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2021-08-24
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incorporation · MA
2021-08-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-16
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officers · TM01
2021-08-16
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2021-08-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-03
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GEEN, Jonathan resigned
director
2020-10-26
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accounts · AA
2018-11-13
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LOWE, Paul Wyndham appointed
director
2018-01-01
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HITCHCOCK, Hugh appointed
director
2018-01-01
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FINLEY, Edward Lebaron appointed
director
2017-04-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-08-29
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MACLEAN-SMITH, Neil resigned
director
2011-11-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2011-09-29
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MACLEAN-SMITH, Neil appointed
director
2011-05-10
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SELLEK, Rachelle Louise appointed
director
2011-05-10
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GEEN, Jonathan appointed
director
2011-05-10
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M AND A NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2011-02-28
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Company incorporated
As ACUITY LAW LIMITED
2011-02-28
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ACUITY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-02-28
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BERRY, Stephen Richard appointed
director
2011-02-28
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M AND A NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

Group structure

Acuity Law Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acuity Law Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ACUITY LAW LIMITED

This company · 07545730

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Acuity Law Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	03/08/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Stephen Richard Berryceased 03/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Jonathan Geenceased 03/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

3 Assembly Square Britannia Quay

Cardiff Bay

Cardiff

CF10 4PL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-11

Last: 2025-09-27