ACER PRIME LAW LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10558502 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-11

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	—	£342.0k
Average employees	1300	1200

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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-10-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-01
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WATKIN THOMAS, Marc appointed
director
2025-07-04
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SANDERS, Nerys Elizabeth resigned
director
2025-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-29
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HOWARD, Natasha Louise appointed
director
2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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SANDERS, Nerys Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-10
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THOMAS, Marc Dylan Watkin resigned
director
2023-05-24
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-13
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
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PHILLIPS, Michael John Charles appointed
director
2022-06-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2020-09-16
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DODSWORTH, Paul John resigned
director
2019-09-11
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MCALOON, Alan appointed
director
2019-08-01
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CAMERON, Iain appointed
director
2017-11-03
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PORTER, Christopher resigned
director
2017-11-03
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THOMAS, Marc Dylan Watkin appointed
director
2017-01-11
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Company incorporated
As ACER PRIME LAW LIMITED
2017-01-11
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DODSWORTH, Paul John appointed
director
2017-01-11
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DUKE, Michael appointed
director
2017-01-11
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DUKE, Michael resigned
director
2017-01-11
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PORTER, Christopher appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

Foresight Estate Planning And Will Writing Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Foresight Estate Planning And Will Writing Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ACER PRIME LAW LIMITED

This company · 10558502

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Foresight Estate Planning And Will Writing Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/05/2025
Mr Alan Mcaloon Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/09/2019
Mr Iain Cameron Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/08/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Paul John Dodsworthceased 05/08/2019· 75-100% shares
Fd Secretarial Ltdceased 11/01/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2017-01-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

7a Alkmaar Way

Norwich International Business Park

Norwich

NR6 6BF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-27

Last: 2025-12-13