7LEX LEGAL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14897183 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-26
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£13.4k
Current assets£14.2k
Net assets£13.4k
Average employees100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-19
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-01
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-04-22
    DODWELL, Jenny Chen-Xi appointed
    director
  6. 2025-04-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-04-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 7LEX LEGAL LTD
  10. 2023-05-26
    HUANG, Xi appointed
    director
  11. 2023-05-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-01: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Xi Huang
Individual · Chinese · DOB 12/1993 · age 33
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control26/05/2023
Mrs Jenny Chen-Xi Dodwell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
2550%
25-50% shares15/04/2025

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
Incorporated2023-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Spaces, Mappin House
4 Winsley Street
London
W1W 8HF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DODWELL, Jenny Chen-Xi
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-22
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Active
HUANG, Xi
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-05-26
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-26