ACT SOLICITORS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07712872 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-20
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£28.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,218
Net assets shrinking
Down £58,960 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£33k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£33.3k£68.5k
Net assets£28.2k£87.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-01
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2019-08-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2019-07-31
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    ARMSTRONG, Alison appointed
    secretary
  16. 2019-07-31
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    PROCTOR, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-21
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    PLUMMER, Jamieson resigned
    director
  20. 2016-06-10
    ➖
    UTTON, Rebecca resigned
    director
  21. 2011-08-12
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Alison appointed
    director
  22. 2011-08-12
    ➕
    BURROWS, James appointed
    director
  23. 2011-08-12
    ➕
    CREEK, Ryan David appointed
    director
  24. 2011-08-12
    ➕
    PLUMMER, Jamieson appointed
    director
  25. 2011-08-12
    ➕
    UTTON, Rebecca appointed
    director
  26. 2011-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ACT SOLICITORS LTD
  27. 2011-07-20
    ➕
    PLUMMER, Malcolm appointed
    director
  28. 2011-07-20
    ➕
    PROCTOR, Andrew James appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

3 The Close
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 4DH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

ARMSTRONG, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2019-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMSTRONG, Alison→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-08-12
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Active
BURROWS, James→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREEK, Ryan David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PLUMMER, Malcolm→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PROCTOR, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2011-07-20 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
PLUMMER, Jamieson→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-08-12 · resigned 2017-05-21
Resigned
UTTON, Rebecca→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-08-12 · resigned 2016-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02