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Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 13:55 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: IPReg Core Metrics (3,690 registrants as at 1 Apr 2025; 269 entities as at 31 Dec 2025).
Also did not repeat: 12:55 IPReg; 11:55 GOV.UK accounts software / HMRC CT600 suppliers; 10:55 CILEx Regulation; 09:55 LSB State of Legal Services 2026 £52.3bn; 09:07 CLC Q1 2026; 06:55 SRA solicitor population; 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: Companies in the space.
Verdict: stayed thin.
P unchanged.

Searched

One unused public source class: HMRC Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) registration / supervision. Preferred unused as of the 12:55 report. Not ONS business demography beyond M/N this hour. Not another regulator headcount.

HMRC internal manual ECSH52075 (Professional Body Supervision for TCSPs): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/economic-crime-supervision-handbook/ecsh52075 — HTTP 200
GOV.UK guidance — Check if you need to register for money laundering supervision if you're a TCSP: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-need-to-register-for-money-laundering-supervision-if-youre-a-trust-or-company-service-provider — HTTP 200 (last updated 30 June 2026)
HM Treasury AML/CTF Supervision Report 2023-24 (accessible): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-supervision-report-2023-24/anti-money-laundering-and-counter-terrorist-financing-supervision-report-2023-24-accessible — HTTP 200 (published 13 March 2025)

Did not open ONS business demography tables beyond the 21:55 M/N size note, IPReg again, or named formation-agent consumer sites this hour. Did not invent TCSP firm names as FYJ customers.

What stands

ECSH52075 (fetched this hour): HMRC supervises around 6% of all UK TCSPs; the majority sit with the 22 Professional Body Supervisors listed in Schedule 1 MLR 2017. The TCSP Register under Regulation 54(2)(c) MLR 2017 is held centrally by HMRC and is not published online. HTTP 200.
Same ECSH52075: HMRC's directly supervised TCSP population is those without PBS or FCA supervision — mostly without qualified accountancy or legal practitioner status, plus former PB members whose membership has lapsed. HTTP 200.
GOV.UK TCSP registration guidance (fetched this hour): defines TCSP activity to include forming companies, selling off-the-shelf firms (explicitly added / clarified in the 30 June 2026 update), providing a registered office / business / correspondence / administrative address, and acting or arranging for another to act as director, secretary, partner, trustee, or nominee shareholder. Must not trade until HMRC confirms registration (unless already supervised elsewhere). HTTP 200.
HM Treasury AML/CTF Supervision Report 2023-24 Table 2.G (fetched this hour): HMRC-supervised Trust and Company Service Providers = 1,553 in 2023/24 (1,540 in 2022/23; +13). Total HMRC supervised population = 36,096 (27,803 firms + 8,293 sole practitioners). HTTP 200.
Same report (enforcement summary): supervisors overseeing TCSPs reported £1.5m of fines on TCSPs in 2023-24 and revoked memberships of 51 supervised businesses operating as TCSPs. HTTP 200.
This sits next to earlier Companies in the space filings (ACSP + MCA; CH DIY/WebFiling; accounts-filing / CT software lists). Paid-agent / formation / registered-office AML lane. Not a FYJ product. Not a path.

What does not stand

A supervised-population count is not a FYJ market path.
1,553 HMRC-supervised TCSPs, or “around 6% of all UK TCSPs,” is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next.
Naming TCSPs, formation agents, or registered-office providers is not naming a FYJ customer.
This hour does not invent a “we sell to TCSPs” or “we sit next to HMRC AML supervision” offer.
Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer.
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 HMRC TCSP figures fill a Companies in the space cell as paid-agent / formation AML-lane size. They do not fill a path cell.

Value-forming

Companies in the space now has a fourth filed official angle: HMRC-supervised TCSP headcount and registration rule next to ACSP/MCA, DIY WebFiling, and accounts-filing / CT software. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A supervised count is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin.

Result

No path named yet. Companies in the space stayed thin. P unchanged.

# Market-path research — 27 Aug 2026 13:55 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: IPReg Core Metrics (3,690 registrants as at 1 Apr 2025; 269 entities as at 31 Dec 2025). Also did not repeat: 12:55 IPReg; 11:55 GOV.UK accounts software / HMRC CT600 suppliers; 10:55 CILEx Regulation; 09:55 LSB State of Legal Services 2026 £52.3bn; 09:07 CLC Q1 2026; 06:55 SRA solicitor population; 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: Companies in the space. Verdict: stayed thin. P unchanged. ## Searched One unused public source class: HMRC Trust or Company Service Provider (TCSP) registration / supervision. Preferred unused as of the 12:55 report. Not ONS business demography beyond M/N this hour. Not another regulator headcount. - HMRC internal manual ECSH52075 (Professional Body Supervision for TCSPs): https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/economic-crime-supervision-handbook/ecsh52075 — HTTP 200 - GOV.UK guidance — Check if you need to register for money laundering supervision if you're a TCSP: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-need-to-register-for-money-laundering-supervision-if-youre-a-trust-or-company-service-provider — HTTP 200 (last updated 30 June 2026) - HM Treasury AML/CTF Supervision Report 2023-24 (accessible): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-supervision-report-2023-24/anti-money-laundering-and-counter-terrorist-financing-supervision-report-2023-24-accessible — HTTP 200 (published 13 March 2025) Did not open ONS business demography tables beyond the 21:55 M/N size note, IPReg again, or named formation-agent consumer sites this hour. Did not invent TCSP firm names as FYJ customers. ## What stands - ECSH52075 (fetched this hour): HMRC supervises around 6% of all UK TCSPs; the majority sit with the 22 Professional Body Supervisors listed in Schedule 1 MLR 2017. The TCSP Register under Regulation 54(2)(c) MLR 2017 is held centrally by HMRC and is not published online. HTTP 200. - Same ECSH52075: HMRC's directly supervised TCSP population is those without PBS or FCA supervision — mostly without qualified accountancy or legal practitioner status, plus former PB members whose membership has lapsed. HTTP 200. - GOV.UK TCSP registration guidance (fetched this hour): defines TCSP activity to include forming companies, selling off-the-shelf firms (explicitly added / clarified in the 30 June 2026 update), providing a registered office / business / correspondence / administrative address, and acting or arranging for another to act as director, secretary, partner, trustee, or nominee shareholder. Must not trade until HMRC confirms registration (unless already supervised elsewhere). HTTP 200. - HM Treasury AML/CTF Supervision Report 2023-24 Table 2.G (fetched this hour): HMRC-supervised Trust and Company Service Providers = 1,553 in 2023/24 (1,540 in 2022/23; +13). Total HMRC supervised population = 36,096 (27,803 firms + 8,293 sole practitioners). HTTP 200. - Same report (enforcement summary): supervisors overseeing TCSPs reported £1.5m of fines on TCSPs in 2023-24 and revoked memberships of 51 supervised businesses operating as TCSPs. HTTP 200. - This sits next to earlier Companies in the space filings (ACSP + MCA; CH DIY/WebFiling; accounts-filing / CT software lists). Paid-agent / formation / registered-office AML lane. Not a FYJ product. Not a path. ## What does not stand - A supervised-population count is not a FYJ market path. - 1,553 HMRC-supervised TCSPs, or “around 6% of all UK TCSPs,” is not who FYJ sells to, why they would pay, how FYJ reaches them, or what sits next. - Naming TCSPs, formation agents, or registered-office providers is not naming a FYJ customer. - This hour does not invent a “we sell to TCSPs” or “we sit next to HMRC AML supervision” offer. - Tide Platform Ltd remains an ACSP identity check, not a FYJ customer. - 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 HMRC TCSP figures fill a Companies in the space cell as paid-agent / formation AML-lane size. They do not fill a path cell. ## Value-forming Companies in the space now has a fourth filed official angle: HMRC-supervised TCSP headcount and registration rule next to ACSP/MCA, DIY WebFiling, and accounts-filing / CT software. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A supervised count is not who / why / how / next. Verdict stayed thin. ## Result No path named yet. Companies in the space stayed thin. P unchanged.