BW LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED
Company number 07966978 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
BW Legal Services Limited presents a medium-risk profile characterized by robust revenue growth and improving net assets, offset by significant leverage and tight liquidity. The company's explicit reliance on relaxed lending covenants and co-guaranteed facilities with a related party introduces material financial contagion risks that require careful scrutiny. While the underlying business model appears stable and counter-cyclical, the disconnect between top-line growth and declining EBITDA/cash reserves warrants close monitoring of future cash flows and debt compliance.
Shareholders' funds
£4,255,236
Balance sheet as at 2021-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of debt recovery and bespoke legal services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2012-02-28
- Employees
- 262 (2021 accounts · was 257 in 2020)
- Registered office
- Enterprise House, Apex View, Leeds, England, LS11 9BH
- Postcode
- LS11 9BH
- Capital
- 48 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-14
- Next due by
- 2027-08-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 69102 Solicitors
- 82911 Activities of collection agencies
Officers 2 current · 1 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WAB INVESTMENTS LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 3
£200,265,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3491362 (Tier 2), registered since 2013.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- bwlegal.com
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE TANNERY 91 KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS, LS3 1HS | 2017-04-28 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 164 similar companies in LS
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (262 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2012.
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 5 among solicitors in Leeds.
The class of 2012
46%
of the 1,142 companies in this sector incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2021-06-16
- Where
- West Yorkshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY157725 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2021-06-16 | — |
| YY80296 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2017-02-06 | — |
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