EXCHANGELAW (702) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC520497 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
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
27 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£410£821£1k£2k£2kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£2.1k£2.1k
Net assets£2£2

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 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2016-12-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-05-17
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    MALLON, Stephen Gerard appointed
    director
  16. 2016-05-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2015-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As EXCHANGELAW (702) LIMITED
  18. 2015-11-17
    ➕
    CRAWLEY, Stephen Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Gerard Mallon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/05/2016
Mr Stephen Thomas Crawley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

26 Eastwoodmains Road
Glasgow
Renfrewshire
G46 6QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CRAWLEY, Stephen Thomas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-11-17
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Active
MALLON, Stephen Gerard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-05-17
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-09