ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO SW LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11249463 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-11

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£606.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71111Architectural activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £606,402

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£606k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£124k

↑ 20% 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	£646.4k	£551.7k
Current assets	£123.9k	£103.1k
Net assets	£606.4k	£511.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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accounts · AA
2022-04-12
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accounts · AA
2021-05-10
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accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-03-11
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Company incorporated
As ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO SW LTD
2018-03-11
➕
ELSTON, Adam appointed
director
2018-03-11
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ELSTON, Andreea appointed
director
2018-03-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adam Elston Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/03/2018
Mrs Andreea Elston Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	11/03/2018

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

Incorporated2018-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

26 Friday Street

Minehead

Somerset

TA24 5UE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-24

Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ELSTON, Adam→

director · ~43y · appointed 2018-03-11

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Active

ELSTON, Andreea→

director · ~42y · appointed 2018-03-11

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-13

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-03-10