ANTHONY SWAINE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07780548 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Average employees800

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTHONY SWAINE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
  17. 2011-09-20
    ➕
    BOWLEY, Clive Graham appointed
    director
  18. 2011-09-20
    ➕
    STERE, David Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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 Clive Graham Bowley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Stephen Stere
Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

134 High Street
Hythe
CT21 5LB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOWLEY, Clive Graham→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-09-20
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Active
STERE, David Stephen→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-09-20
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Recent filings (32 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08