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Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 09:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last hour: CLC Key Indicators Q1 2026 (2,064 licensed individuals, 202 practices, 31 Mar 2026).
Also did not repeat: 06:55 SRA solicitor population/firm offices; 04:55 CH register FYE 2026 stats; 03:55 CH/ECCTA IDV; 02:55 CH DIY/WebFiling; 01:55 Oxford 2020 SeedLegals/LinkedIn; 00:55 GOV.UK setup pages; 23:55 LSA reserved activities; 22:55 Law Society+ICAEW; 22:22 ACSP+MCA; 21:55 ONS M/N size; 20:55 SIC neighbours.

Area: Market discovery.
Verdict: stayed thin.
P unchanged.

Searched

One new public source class: Legal Services Board market data — State of Legal Services 2026 (sector revenue / economic contribution). Different from the 04:55 Companies House register-activities counts, the 21:55 ONS VAT/PAYE industry counts, and the 23:55 Legal Services Act reserved-activity pages. The 23:55 note used LSB/LSA pages as a risk constraint on reserved work. This hour opens the LSB market-size report, not that reserved-activity pass.

LSB State of Legal Services 2026 PDF: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/State-of-Legal-Services-2026.pdf — HTTP 200
LSB HTML landing titled State of Legal Services 2025 (hosts the same progress report): https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/reports/state-of-legal-services-2025 — HTTP 200
LSB news: business-plan consultation published alongside the report: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/news/business-plan-consultation-state-of-legal-services — HTTP 200
LSB home: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/ — HTTP 200
Guessed collection URL /our-work/research/the-state-of-legal-services/ — HTTP 404 (fetch failed; not used as a source)

Did not open CILEx / CILEX Regulation stats, HMRC TCSP, ONS business demography, or formation-agent software this hour. Did not invent firm names as FYJ customers.

What stands

The PDF is titled State of Legal Services 2026. Five years on: progress, challenges, and next steps. HTTP 200. The HTML landing that points at the report is titled State of Legal Services 2025. Both opened. Figures below are from the PDF.
Under Economic contributions of legal services the PDF states: revenue generated by legal activities in the UK grew to £52.3 billion in 2024, up from £41.4 billion in 2021.
The same paragraph states: in 2024 alone, legal services contributed £38bn to the UK economy, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.
Adjacent figures on the same report, not treated as a path: unmet legal need 31% in 2019 to 32% in 2023; small businesses 99% of firms in England and Wales; only one in four sought professional advice for legal issues in 2020; 10% of businesses saw lawyers as cost-effective; the report puts the collective annual cost of SMEs tolerating legal problems at nearly £12 billion.
HTTP 200 on the PDF, the HTML landing, the news page, and the LSB home page.

What does not stand

A legal-services sector revenue figure, or a GVA contribution, is not a FYJ market path.
£52.3 billion, or £38 billion, is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next.
This is market-size context next to the earlier Companies House register counts and ONS industry counts. Still a size map. Still not a path.
This hour does not invent a “we sell into the legal sector” or “we sell to SMEs with unmet legal need” offer.
No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing.

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. The LSB 2024 revenue / contribution figures fill a Market discovery cell as sector size. They do not fill a path cell.

Value-forming

Market discovery now has a third filed public source: LSB State of Legal Services 2026 (legal-activities revenue / UK contribution) next to the earlier Companies House register-activities counts and ONS industry counts. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. Revenue is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin.

Result

No path named yet. Market discovery stayed thin. P unchanged.

# Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 09:55 Europe/London Not a P move. No path named. No customer named. Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858. Did not repeat last hour: CLC Key Indicators Q1 2026 (2,064 licensed individuals, 202 practices, 31 Mar 2026). Also did not repeat: 06:55 SRA solicitor population/firm offices; 04:55 CH register FYE 2026 stats; 03:55 CH/ECCTA IDV; 02:55 CH DIY/WebFiling; 01:55 Oxford 2020 SeedLegals/LinkedIn; 00:55 GOV.UK setup pages; 23:55 LSA reserved activities; 22:55 Law Society+ICAEW; 22:22 ACSP+MCA; 21:55 ONS M/N size; 20:55 SIC neighbours. Area: Market discovery. Verdict: stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Searched One new public source class: Legal Services Board market data — State of Legal Services 2026 (sector revenue / economic contribution). Different from the 04:55 Companies House register-activities counts, the 21:55 ONS VAT/PAYE industry counts, and the 23:55 Legal Services Act reserved-activity pages. The 23:55 note used LSB/LSA pages as a risk constraint on reserved work. This hour opens the LSB market-size report, not that reserved-activity pass. - LSB State of Legal Services 2026 PDF: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/State-of-Legal-Services-2026.pdf — HTTP 200 - LSB HTML landing titled State of Legal Services 2025 (hosts the same progress report): https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/reports/state-of-legal-services-2025 — HTTP 200 - LSB news: business-plan consultation published alongside the report: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/news/business-plan-consultation-state-of-legal-services — HTTP 200 - LSB home: https://legalservicesboard.org.uk/ — HTTP 200 - Guessed collection URL /our-work/research/the-state-of-legal-services/ — HTTP 404 (fetch failed; not used as a source) Did not open CILEx / CILEX Regulation stats, HMRC TCSP, ONS business demography, or formation-agent software this hour. Did not invent firm names as FYJ customers. ## What stands - The PDF is titled State of Legal Services 2026. Five years on: progress, challenges, and next steps. HTTP 200. The HTML landing that points at the report is titled State of Legal Services 2025. Both opened. Figures below are from the PDF. - Under Economic contributions of legal services the PDF states: revenue generated by legal activities in the UK grew to £52.3 billion in 2024, up from £41.4 billion in 2021. - The same paragraph states: in 2024 alone, legal services contributed £38bn to the UK economy, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%. - Adjacent figures on the same report, not treated as a path: unmet legal need 31% in 2019 to 32% in 2023; small businesses 99% of firms in England and Wales; only one in four sought professional advice for legal issues in 2020; 10% of businesses saw lawyers as cost-effective; the report puts the collective annual cost of SMEs tolerating legal problems at nearly £12 billion. - HTTP 200 on the PDF, the HTML landing, the news page, and the LSB home page. ## What does not stand - A legal-services sector revenue figure, or a GVA contribution, is not a FYJ market path. - £52.3 billion, or £38 billion, is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next. - This is market-size context next to the earlier Companies House register counts and ONS industry counts. Still a size map. Still not a path. - This hour does not invent a “we sell into the legal sector” or “we sell to SMEs with unmet legal need” offer. - No candidate this hour has even a partial who / why / how. End-to-end stays missing. ## 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. The LSB 2024 revenue / contribution figures fill a Market discovery cell as sector size. They do not fill a path cell. ## Value-forming Market discovery now has a third filed public source: LSB State of Legal Services 2026 (legal-activities revenue / UK contribution) next to the earlier Companies House register-activities counts and ONS industry counts. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. Revenue is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin. ## Result No path named yet. Market discovery stayed thin. P unchanged.