CITY LEGAL NETWORK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC401336 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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2025-04-02
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2024-04-19
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2023-03-09
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2022-01-24
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2021-06-29
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2021-06-29
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2021-05-11
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2021-02-07
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2020-01-15
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2018-11-29
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2018-10-17
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2018-01-03
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2017-08-03
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2017-08-03
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2017-08-02
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2017-08-01
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GRAY, Robert Stewart appointed
secretary
2017-08-01
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O'MALLEY, Anthony John appointed
director
2017-08-01
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MOORE, Mary resigned
director
2017-08-01
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MOORE, Stephen George resigned
director
2017-08-01
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THOMSON, Alasdair Austin resigned
director
2017-08-01
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THOMSON, Sarah Jane resigned
director
2016-07-01
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MOORE, Mary appointed
director
2016-07-01
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THOMSON, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2011-06-09
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Company incorporated
As CITY LEGAL NETWORK LIMITED
2011-06-09
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MOORE, Stephen George appointed
director
2011-06-09
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THOMSON, Alasdair Austin appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Purple Venture 600 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Purple Venture 600 Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CITY LEGAL NETWORK LIMITED

This company · SC401336

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Purple Venture 600 Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/08/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Stephen George Mooreceased 01/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Alasdair Austin Thomsonceased 01/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-06-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

Rosebank House

Edinburgh Road

Belhaven

East Lothian

EH42 1TS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GRAY, Robert Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2017-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

O'MALLEY, Anthony John→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MOORE, Mary→

director · ~54y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

MOORE, Stephen George→

director · ~52y · appointed 2011-06-09 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

THOMSON, Alasdair Austin→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-06-09 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

THOMSON, Sarah Jane→

director · ~59y · appointed 2016-07-01 · resigned 2017-08-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-01-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-06-29

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-29

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-05-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-02-07