LAURIE A AVADIS & CO LIMITED
Company number 04607718 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Laurie A Avadis & Co Limited presents as a mature sole practitioner legal practice in a declining financial trajectory, with net assets having fallen 42.6% from £1.24M (FY2020) to £713k (FY2026). While the balance sheet remains fundamentally solvent with minimal leverage and a substantial investment portfolio of £363k, the sustained erosion of equity and dramatic cash depletion from £791k (FY2022) to £21.5k (FY2025) raises serious questions about the practice's ongoing fee-generating capacity. The firm appears to be in a harvesting rather than growth phase, typical of sole practitioners facing succession challenges in an increasingly consolidated UK legal services market.
Shareholders' funds
£713,091
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-12-04
- Employees
- 1 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- 923 Finchley Road, London, England, NW11 7PE
- Postcode
- NW11 7PE
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-04
- Next due by
- 2026-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 69109 Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.avadis.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROUND FLOOR 7-9 FERDINAND STREET, LONDON, NW1 8ES | 2019-11-22 |
| SOLICITORS CHAMBERS, 169 MALDEN ROAD, LONDON, NW5 4HT | 2013-07-31 |
| 8 LONSDALE GARDENS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN1 1NU | 2002-12-23 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 95 similar companies in NW
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2002.
Competitors London
This company ranks 1 among activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.