ACCORD ASSOCIATES SOLICITORS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14309081 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-22
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-177.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £177,796
Net assets shrinking
Down £179,411 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
-£178k
↓ 11109% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £534.6k | £4.0k |
| Current assets | — | £4.8k |
| Debtors | £517.8k | — |
| Net assets | £-177.8k | £1.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-12-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Heirloom UK Motor Vehicle Finance Claim Spv
- 2025-12-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Heirloom UK Motor Vehicle Finance Claim Spv
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-04➕BALENSKI, Graeme appointeddirector
- 2025-02-04➖MANNA, James resigneddirector
- 2025-02-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-06➕MANNA, James appointeddirector
- 2024-11-06➖MANNA, James resigneddirector
- 2024-11-05➕ROBERTS, Victoria appointeddirector
- 2024-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ACCORD ASSOCIATES SOLICITORS LIMITED
- 2022-08-22➕MANNA, James appointeddirector
- 2022-08-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Victoria Roberts Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 23/01/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr James Mannaceased 24/01/2025· 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BALENSKI, Graeme→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTS, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MANNA, James→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2024-11-06 · resigned 2025-02-04
MANNA, James→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2022-08-22 · resigned 2024-11-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Heirloom UK Motor Vehicle Finance Claim Spv | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Heirloom UK Motor Vehicle Finance Claim Spv | A registered charge | — | 23/12/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (22 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-25