23 ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06118352 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£83.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £83,739
Net assets shrinking
Down £79,832 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£84k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£905k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £115.8k | £201.4k |
| Current assets | £905.3k | £1.01M |
| Net assets | £83.7k | £163.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-26📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2016-02-25📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-02-20➕DU GUA SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-02-19➕DU GUA SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-02-19➖ALEXANDER, Lesley resignedsecretary
- 2010-12-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-09-01➕ALEXANDER, Lesley appointedsecretary
- 2009-10-01➖LA CORPORATE LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs 23 ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- 2007-02-20➕ROBERTSON, Alison appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➕ROBERTSON, Stuart Ian appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➕LA CORPORATE LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stuart Ian Robertson Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
101 Freston Road
London
W11 4BD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
DU GUA SECRETARIES LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-02-20
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DU GUA SECRETARIES LTD→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-02-19
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ROBERTSON, Alison→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-02-20
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ROBERTSON, Stuart Ian→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-20
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ALEXANDER, Lesley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2016-02-19
LA CORPORATE LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2009-10-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/12/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
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2026-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-22
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address · AD01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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2021-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31