APPLETONS SOLICITORS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

10777629 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-18

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

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 72/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-05-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-05-15
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change-of-name-request-comments
change-of-name · NM06
2018-05-15
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change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2018-05-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-03-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-03-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-05-18
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Company incorporated
As APPLETONS SOLICITORS LTD
2017-05-18
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IQBAL MALIK, Shazad appointed
director
2017-05-18
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MAHMOOD KHAN, Asif appointed
director
2017-05-18
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Shazad Iqbal Malik Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/05/2017
Mr Asif Mahmood Khan Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	18/05/2017

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

Incorporated2017-05-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Office 309 Hub 26

Hunsworth Lane

Cleckheaton

West Yorkshire

BD19 4LN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

IQBAL MALIK, Shazad→

director · ~48y · appointed 2017-05-18

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Active

MAHMOOD KHAN, Asif→

director · ~49y · appointed 2017-05-18

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Active

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