A B I R ARCHITECTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06877117 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-14
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 15.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£124.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 15.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.3 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: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £124,923
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£62k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£125k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£235k
↓ 7.2% 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 | £130.2k | £142.0k |
| Current assets | £235.4k | £253.6k |
| Cash | £62.2k | £54.1k |
| Debtors | £173.3k | £199.5k |
| Net assets | £124.9k | £115.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-04-02📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2019-03-08➖BLAIR, Olli Law resigneddirector
- 2015-12-04➖ATKINS, Simon James resigneddirector
- 2011-06-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-02-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs A B I R ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- 2009-04-14➕INGS, Giles Christopher appointeddirector
- 2009-04-14➕RICHARDSON, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2009-04-14➕ATKINS, Simon James appointeddirector
- 2009-04-14➕BLAIR, Olli Law appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew James Richardson Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Giles Christopher Ings Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Oliver Law Blairceased 08/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
C/O Galloways Accounting The Mill Building
31-35 Chatsworth Road
Worthing
BN11 1LY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
INGS, Giles Christopher→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RICHARDSON, Matthew James→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ATKINS, Simon James→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2009-04-14 · resigned 2015-12-04
BLAIR, Olli Law→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2009-04-14 · resigned 2019-03-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 06/06/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 07/02/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10