42 LEGAL CAPITAL LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14049125 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-02➖HAYWARD, James Ronald Waterfield resigneddirector
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs 42 LEGAL CAPITAL LIMITED
- 2022-04-14➕GREEN, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2022-04-14➕LAHERT, Anthony Peter appointeddirector
- 2022-04-14➕HAYWARD, James Ronald Waterfield appointeddirector
- 2022-04-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-04-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Michael John Green Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/04/2022 |
Mr Anthony Peter Lahert Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/04/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr James Ronald Waterfield Haywardceased 27/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr James Ronald Waterfield Haywardceased 02/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
Incorporated2022-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities
Registered office
International House
50 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3JF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GREEN, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2022-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAHERT, Anthony Peter→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2022-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAYWARD, James Ronald Waterfield→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2022-04-14 · resigned 2024-10-02
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Recent filings (17 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15