ARPL ARCHITECTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC116832 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-15

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.6y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 33.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Average employees	7	700	800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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2013-10-01
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LORIMER, Patrick James resigned
director
2009-03-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-01-19
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GILLILAND, Robert Daniel appointed
secretary
2009-01-19
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LORIMER, Caroline resigned
secretary
2004-06-30
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DRUMMOND, Peter resigned
director
2003-03-18
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DEAN, Leslie John Charles resigned
director
2003-03-18
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GRANT, James resigned
director
2002-07-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-12-01
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CADIE, Rebecca Mary appointed
director
2000-05-01
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FLEMING, Gordon appointed
director
2000-05-01
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DEAN, Leslie John Charles appointed
director
2000-05-01
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DRUMMOND, Peter appointed
director
1998-05-15
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GILLILAND, Robert Daniel appointed
director
1998-05-15
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GRANT, James appointed
director
1995-04-20
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LORIMER, Caroline appointed
secretary
1995-04-20
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LORIMER, Patrick James resigned
secretary
1995-04-20
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DOONAN, Desmond resigned
director
1995-04-20
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LAMERTON, Timothy William resigned
director
1995-04-20
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RICHARDSON, Anthony George resigned
director
1995-04-20
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WRIGHT, Crispin Andrew resigned
director
1995-01-03
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PILLING, Rosalind Clare resigned
director
1992-12-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1992-03-15
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BURNESS SOLICITORS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-03-15
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PIA, Paul Dominic resigned
director
1992-03-15
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WOOD, Malcolm James resigned
nominee-director
1989-03-15
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Company incorporated
As ARPL ARCHITECTS LTD.
1989-03-15
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BURNESS SOLICITORS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1989-03-15
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PIA, Paul Dominic appointed
director
1989-03-15
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WOOD, Malcolm James appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Rebecca Mary Cadie Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Robert Daniel Gilliland Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Fleming Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1989-03-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

11 Wellington Square

Ayr

KA7 1EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-15

Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

GILLILAND, Robert Daniel→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-19

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Active

CADIE, Rebecca Mary→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-12-01

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Active

FLEMING, Gordon→

director · ~66y · appointed 2000-05-01

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Active

GILLILAND, Robert Daniel→

director · ~58y · appointed 1998-05-15

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Active

LORIMER, Caroline→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-20 · resigned 2009-01-19

Resigned

LORIMER, Patrick James→

secretary · resigned 1995-04-20

Resigned

BURNESS SOLICITORS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1989-03-15 · resigned 1992-03-15

Resigned

DEAN, Leslie John Charles→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-05-01 · resigned 2003-03-18

Resigned

DOONAN, Desmond→

director · ~80y · resigned 1995-04-20

Resigned

DRUMMOND, Peter→

director · ~57y · appointed 2000-05-01 · resigned 2004-06-30

Resigned

GRANT, James→

director · ~73y · appointed 1998-05-15 · resigned 2003-03-18

Resigned

LAMERTON, Timothy William→

director · ~75y · resigned 1995-04-20

Resigned

LORIMER, Patrick James→

director · ~80y · resigned 2013-10-01

Resigned

PIA, Paul Dominic→

director · ~79y · appointed 1989-03-15 · resigned 1992-03-15

Resigned

PILLING, Rosalind Clare→

director · ~74y · resigned 1995-01-03

Resigned

RICHARDSON, Anthony George→

director · ~90y · resigned 1995-04-20

Resigned

WOOD, Malcolm James→

nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 1989-03-15 · resigned 1992-03-15

Resigned

WRIGHT, Crispin Andrew→

director · ~78y · resigned 1995-04-20

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/07/2002	—
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	15/12/1992	26/03/2009

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