ICG COMMONWEALTH LAW FIRM LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC529639 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-15
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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, 4 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, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
29 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  2. 2025-11-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-11-07
    ➕
    INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  4. 2025-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-09
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2022-02-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-02-08
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2021-10-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2020-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ICG COMMONWEALTH LAW FIRM LTD
  19. 2016-03-15
    ➕
    RODRIGUEZ LEON, Ronald, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

Exchange Tower, 19 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RODRIGUEZ LEON, Ronald, Mr.→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-03-15
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Active
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2025-11-07
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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2025-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-02-08