ANGLO FRENCH LAW GROUP LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11003451 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-16.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,984
Cash YoY
+293%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£556k
↑ 293% YoY
Net Worth
-£16k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£578k
↑ 261% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £192 | £6.7k |
| Current assets | £577.7k | £159.8k |
| Cash | £555.6k | £141.5k |
| Net assets | £-16.0k | £-19.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-01-09📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2025-12-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-10-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-22📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-11-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
- 2017-10-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLO FRENCH LAW GROUP LTD
- 2017-10-09➕KEAVENEY, Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-10-09➕VAN PETEGHEM, Marcel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 Marcel Van Peteghem Individual · Belgian · DOB 11/1952 · age 74 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 09/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Registered office
26 Forth Place Forth Place
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4EU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KEAVENEY, Anne→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAN PETEGHEM, Marcel→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2017-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C. | A registered charge | — | 29/04/2019 | 22/02/2022 |
Recent filings (28 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-01-09
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-11-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29