ADVICE WISE SOLICITORS LTD
🌳Matureactive
08058295 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 900 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-01-02➕AYAZ, Abraar appointeddirector
- 2019-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2015-12-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2012-05-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVICE WISE SOLICITORS LTD
- 2012-05-04➕KHAN, Shahid appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- 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 Shahid Khan Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A FAIRER CHANCE C.I.C.→ 07764762 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| A.H. PAGE→ 06732609 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| ADMO LTD→ 07188098 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| ADP ACCOUNTING SERVICES UK LIMITED→ 14151308 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ADURA SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 11391570 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADVANCE CONSORTIUM UK LTD→ 13479989 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ADVANCED HIRE SERVICES LTD→ 15851847 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADVANCED MARKETING CONSULTING LIMITED→ 11215054 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ADVANCED SOLUTIONS CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ 05426429 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| ADVENTX LTD→ 15273452 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADVOCO LTD→ 06762284 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2012-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
24 Cameron Road
Ilford
Essex
IG3 8LB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
AYAZ, Abraar→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2020-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KHAN, Shahid→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2012-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/12/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/12/2015 | 28/10/2018 |
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-14