Market-path research — 28 Aug 2026 17:55 Europe/London

# Market-path research — 28 Aug 2026 17:55 Europe/London

Not a P move. No path named. No customer named.
Did not re-read Companies House company 16892858.
Did not repeat last recon hour: Companies House late filing penalties / Pay a penalty / Companies House approach to financial penalties.
Also did not repeat: ICAS Regulation Strategy / Starting up in practice / Completing your ICAS 2026 AML Declaration / Find a CA; HMRC Annual UK VAT statistics 2024 to 2025; CIOT Achievements in 2025 / ATT homepage / Choosing a Tax Adviser / Find a CIOT Member / Find an ATT Member; Making Tax Digital for Income Tax / Find out if and when / collection / Sign up / business-population statistics commentary; ICAEW probate / oaths Monitoring Results 2025 / Financial Results 2025; Help to Grow: Management / Growth Guarantee Scheme; HMRC Trust Registration Service / Check if you need to register a trust / Register a trust / Trusts and taxes: When you must register a trust; DSIT R&D allocations / UKRI annual report / Smart Grants / GOV.UK Apply for innovation funding; ACCA Report on Regulation 2025 / Find an accountant; HMRC Research and Development Tax Credits Statistics September 2025 as the same pages; Faculty Office / Master of the Faculties / Notaries; GOV.UK Accounts and tax returns / Corporation Tax / File confirmation statement as the same deadline pages; HMRC tax-adviser ASA / MMTAR; GOV.UK Register for VAT / Register as an employer as the same pages; HMRC EIS and SEIS: 2026; British Business Bank Start Up Loans as the same pages; OPBAS; CLSB Costs Lawyer; DBT BPE 2025; ACRA / CGIUKI; Insolvency Act 1986 s.388–390A; Companies House blog DIY One Login vs ACSP; ACSP consent CSV; GOV.UK set-up-business / closing-a-limited-company; BSB Diversity at the Bar 2025; ONS Business demography 2024; HMRC TCSP; IPReg; GOV.UK accounts software; CILEx; LSB sector size; CLC Q1 2026; SRA population; CH register FYE 2026; CH/ECCTA IDV as the same risk page; CH DIY/WebFiling; Oxford 2020 SeedLegals; GOV.UK setup class map; LSA reserved as the same risk pages; Law Society (England & Wales) + ICAEW directories as the same pages; ACSP+MCA; ONS M/N size; SIC neighbours.

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

## Searched
Prefer Competitor mapping this hour (last filed 28 Aug 10:55 ICAEW probate / oaths) after Market scenarios filled at 16:55 with late-filing / ECCTA penalties. Unused official source: Law Society of Scotland practising-member and trainee-intake figures (Scotland, not the 26 Aug 22:55 England & Wales Law Society directories). Not another late-filing / ECCTA penalty fork (Market scenarios filled that at 16:55). Not another ICAS practising-certificate lane (Companies in the space filled that at 15:55). Not another VAT-population size series (Market discovery filled that at 13:55).

- Eight key moments from the 2025 Law Society of Scotland AGM: https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal-hub/articles/eight-key-moments-from-the-2025-law-society-of-scotland-agm-including-new-practising-certificate-fee/ — HTTP 200
- Trainee statistics (practice year 2024/25): https://www.lawscot.org.uk/qualifying-and-education/qualifying-as-a-scottish-solicitor/the-traineeship/trainee-statistics/ — HTTP 200
- Your Scottish solicitor: https://www.lawscot.org.uk/for-the-public/your-scottish-solicitor/ — HTTP 200
- Annual report 2025: https://www.lawscot.org.uk/about-us/strategy-reports-plans/annual-reports/annual-report-2025/ — HTTP 200
- Find a Solicitor: https://www.lawscot.org.uk/find-a-solicitor/ — HTTP 200

Did not treat “Scottish solicitors”, “people who need a Scottish solicitor”, or “Scottish company founders” as a FYJ customer. Did not invent a “FYJ for Scottish legal advice” product. Did not ask for a forbidden-market list. The 26 Aug 22:55 Law Society Find a solicitor pages were England & Wales (lawsociety.org.uk). This hour is Law Society of Scotland (lawscot.org.uk).

## What stands
- AGM (HTTP 200; meeting Thursday 19 June 2025): interim CEO Kevin Lang reported 13,300 practising members, “more than ever before”; new solicitors qualifying at near-record numbers, almost 800 in the last year. Practising Certificate Fee for 2025/26 £832 (from £788). Roll fee £164 (from £155).
- Trainee statistics (HTTP 200; practice year 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025): 796 standard two-year traineeships commenced; fifth consecutive record year; five-year average 765 (2015/16–2019/20 average was 540). Gender split 70% female / 30% male. Four major cities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee) 84%; Edinburgh and Glasgow 73%. In-house 13% (100). Firms with 1–5 partners 33%; firms with 31+ partners 28%.
- Your Scottish solicitor (HTTP 200): every solicitor in Scotland who offers legal advice must hold a practising certificate issued by the Law Society of Scotland. “There are over 13,000 Scottish solicitors.” About 30% work for other organisations (public sector and in-house). Public Find a Solicitor directory.
- Annual report 2025 (HTTP 200; period 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025): Regulation of Legal Services Bill passed May 2025; the Society continues as the independent regulator of Scottish solicitors, with new powers to regulate legal businesses as well as individuals.
- Find a Solicitor (HTTP 200): public search of firms regulated by the Law Society of Scotland.
- These sit next to the 27 Aug 06:55 SRA (England & Wales) solicitor-population map and the 26 Aug 22:55 Law Society (England & Wales) directories as another approved-regulator headcount, not as a market path. A Scottish practising-member count is not who FYJ sells to. Not a path.

## What does not stand
- A “13,300 practising members” figure, or a “796 traineeships” intake, is not a FYJ market path.
- Naming “Scottish solicitors”, “people who need a Scottish solicitor”, or “Scottish company founders” is not naming a FYJ customer.
- This is a different official map from the 26 Aug 22:55 England & Wales Law Society / ICAEW directories. This hour is Scotland.
- 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 Law Society of Scotland AGM / trainee-statistics / public / annual-report / Find a Solicitor pages fill a Competitor mapping cell (regulator-space size next to SRA / Law Society England & Wales). They do not fill a path cell.

## Value-forming
The Competitor mapping line stayed thin. Value has not started to form as a FYJ path. A Scottish practising-member count is not a path. Adjacent regulator and directory maps still leave who / why / how / next empty.

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