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Market-path research — 26 Aug 2026 22:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat GOV.UK ACSP guidance, CH ACSP launch, MCA members/home, the 20:55 SIC map, or the 21:55 ONS size bulletin.

Area: Competitor mapping.
Verdict: stayed thin.
P unchanged.

Searched

One new public-source search: official UK directories of who already occupies founder-adjacent professional-services spend (formation / legal / accountancy directories that are public). A class of firms as space context. Explicitly not FYJ competitors as a named path. Not customers.

Law Society, Find a solicitor (public guide + directory entry): https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/public/for-public-visitors/find-a-solicitor — HTTP 200
Law Society Find a Solicitor search tool: https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/ — HTTP 403 from this fetch host (bot block; page exists as the linked search surface)
ICAEW, Find a chartered accountant: https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/find-a-chartered-accountant — HTTP 200
ICAEW Find a Chartered Accountant directory: https://find.icaew.com/ — HTTP 200
SRA Solicitors Register (attempted public register URL): https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/ — HTTP 404 from this fetch host (not used as a source)

What stands

The Law Society publishes a free Find a solicitor service for England and Wales. It is fed by Solicitors Regulation Authority data. The public page lets a searcher filter by legal issue, place, solicitor name, or firm name, and shows contact routes (phone, email, enquiry form). That is a public directory of regulated legal professionals who already take paid work next to company and founder ops.
ICAEW publishes Find a chartered accountant and points to its official directory of over 12,000 firms. Appointing an ICAEW Chartered Accountant or regulated firm is presented as the way to get qualified, committed, accountable accountancy advice. That is a public directory of regulated accountancy firms already in the professional-services spend lane.
Together these are a class of firms — solicitors and chartered accountants — occupying founder-adjacent professional-services spend in the UK. They are space context for Competitor mapping. They are not a FYJ buyer list and not a path.

What does not stand

A public solicitor directory, or a public chartered-accountant directory of over 12,000 firms, is not a FYJ market path.
Naming the class “solicitors” or “ICAEW firms” is not naming who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next.
This hour does not treat any named firm from those directories as a FYJ competitor path or as a customer.
The 403 on the Law Society search tool and the 404 on the attempted SRA register URL do not invent a count; the standing facts are the Law Society guide page and the ICAEW directory pages that returned 200.
No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. The line stays thin.

End-to-end test

Who it is for: missing.
Why they would pay: missing.
How FYJ reaches them: missing.
What sits next: missing.
No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest.

Value-forming

Public directories show that legal and accountancy firms already sit in the paid professional-services lane next to founders. That is competitor-space context. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path.

Result

No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin. P unchanged.

# Market-path research — 26 Aug 2026 22:55 Europe/London Not a P move. No path named. No customer named. Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858. Did not repeat GOV.UK ACSP guidance, CH ACSP launch, MCA members/home, the 20:55 SIC map, or the 21:55 ONS size bulletin. Area: Competitor mapping. Verdict: stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Searched One new public-source search: official UK directories of who already occupies founder-adjacent professional-services spend (formation / legal / accountancy directories that are public). A class of firms as space context. Explicitly not FYJ competitors as a named path. Not customers. - Law Society, Find a solicitor (public guide + directory entry): https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/public/for-public-visitors/find-a-solicitor — HTTP 200 - Law Society Find a Solicitor search tool: https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/ — HTTP 403 from this fetch host (bot block; page exists as the linked search surface) - ICAEW, Find a chartered accountant: https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/find-a-chartered-accountant — HTTP 200 - ICAEW Find a Chartered Accountant directory: https://find.icaew.com/ — HTTP 200 - SRA Solicitors Register (attempted public register URL): https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/register/ — HTTP 404 from this fetch host (not used as a source) ## What stands - The Law Society publishes a free Find a solicitor service for England and Wales. It is fed by Solicitors Regulation Authority data. The public page lets a searcher filter by legal issue, place, solicitor name, or firm name, and shows contact routes (phone, email, enquiry form). That is a public directory of regulated legal professionals who already take paid work next to company and founder ops. - ICAEW publishes Find a chartered accountant and points to its official directory of over 12,000 firms. Appointing an ICAEW Chartered Accountant or regulated firm is presented as the way to get qualified, committed, accountable accountancy advice. That is a public directory of regulated accountancy firms already in the professional-services spend lane. - Together these are a class of firms — solicitors and chartered accountants — occupying founder-adjacent professional-services spend in the UK. They are space context for Competitor mapping. They are not a FYJ buyer list and not a path. ## What does not stand - A public solicitor directory, or a public chartered-accountant directory of over 12,000 firms, is not a FYJ market path. - Naming the class “solicitors” or “ICAEW firms” is not naming who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next. - This hour does not treat any named firm from those directories as a FYJ competitor path or as a customer. - The 403 on the Law Society search tool and the 404 on the attempted SRA register URL do not invent a count; the standing facts are the Law Society guide page and the ICAEW directory pages that returned 200. - No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. The line stays thin. ## End-to-end test - Who it is for: missing. - Why they would pay: missing. - How FYJ reaches them: missing. - What sits next: missing. No real public fact this hour filled any of the four. Do not invent the rest. ## Value-forming Public directories show that legal and accountancy firms already sit in the paid professional-services lane next to founders. That is competitor-space context. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. ## Result No path named yet. Competitor mapping stayed thin. P unchanged.