ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STRATEGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03798069 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-01-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2001-04-18
    ➖
    SIMONS, Barrie William John resigned
    director
  18. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2000-10-25
    ➖
    GREEN, Stuart resigned
    director
  20. 1999-09-15
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Stuart Mark appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-09-15
    ➕
    GREEN, Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 1999-09-15
    ➕
    SIMONS, Barrie William John appointed
    director
  23. 1999-09-14
    ➖
    BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-09-14
    ➖
    BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 1999-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STRATEGY LIMITED
  26. 1999-06-29
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Stuart Mark appointed
    director
  27. 1999-06-29
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  28. 1999-06-29
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-06-29
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-06-29
    ➕
    BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart Mark Bradbury
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kathryn Elizabeth Bradbury
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

King John's Gallery King John's Island
Mythe Road
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 6EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BRADBURY, Stuart Mark→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADBURY, Stuart Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 1999-09-14
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 1999-06-29
Resigned
BRADBURY, Kathryn Elizabeth→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-29 · resigned 1999-09-14
Resigned
GREEN, Stuart→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-09-15 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
SIMONS, Barrie William John→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-09-15 · resigned 2001-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-14