COLLINS AND CO DEFENCE LAWYERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC658652 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees1000900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2026-02-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-02-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-04
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2026-02-03
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2026-02-03
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2026-02-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-12-12
    ➕
    BARR, Peter Robin appointed
    director
  9. 2025-12-12
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, Christopher Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2025-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-06-24
    📍
    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2020-06-24
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  18. 2020-06-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-04-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COLLINS AND CO DEFENCE LAWYERS LIMITED
  20. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    VISTRA COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2020-04-01
    ➕
    COLLINS, Simon appointed
    director
  22. 2020-04-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Collins
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2020

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
Incorporated2020-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

18 Cadzow Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5SN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

VISTRA COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
BARR, Peter Robin→
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-12-12
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Active
COLLINS, Simon→
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-04-01
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Active
MACFARLANE, Christopher Andrew→
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-12-12
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-02-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12