JMARCHITECTS (GROUP) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC161683 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-17

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 28.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (8 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

131 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-11-17
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mortgage · MR04
2025-11-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-07-31
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INGHAM, David William resigned
secretary
2025-07-31
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INGHAM, David William resigned
director
2025-07-31
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MCKEOWN, Henry Joseph resigned
director
2025-07-31
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officers · TM01
2025-07-31
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officers · TM02
2025-07-31
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officers · TM01
2025-06-02
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accounts · AA
2025-06-01
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officers · TM01
2025-05-31
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BURGESS, Mark Christopher resigned
director
2024-11-06
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officers · AP01
2024-11-05
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DAVIE, Stewart William appointed
director
2024-10-14
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ALEXANDER, Ian Linden appointed
director
2024-10-14
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DUNCAN, Roderick John Gordon appointed
director
2024-10-14
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FLETCHER, Ryan appointed
director
2024-10-14
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IRVING, Andrew James Bruges appointed
director
2024-10-14
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IVES, Philip Harvey appointed
director
2024-10-14
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ROGERS, Andrew Peter appointed
director
2024-10-14
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BURGESS, Mark Christopher appointed
director
2024-10-14
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MCKEOWN, Henry Joseph appointed
director
2024-10-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-14
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officers · AP01
2024-10-14
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2024-10-14
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2024-10-14
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officers · AP01
2024-10-14
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2024-10-14
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2024-10-14
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officers · AP01
2024-06-11
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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accounts · AA
2021-07-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-07-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2006-01-25
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BOWMAN, Peter Charles resigned
director
2005-03-04
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INGHAM, David William appointed
secretary
2005-03-04
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MCGIRK, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2004-11-18
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INGHAM, David William appointed
director
2002-09-20
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THOMSON, Brian appointed
director
2002-09-20
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HARE, Bruce Andrew resigned
director
2002-02-28
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THOMSON, William George Ritchie resigned
director
2001-12-04
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MCGIRK, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2001-12-04
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CHIENE & TAIT resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-12-04
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BOWMAN, Peter Charles appointed
director
2001-10-12
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DAVIE, Ian resigned
director
1999-07-01
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DAVIE, Ian appointed
director
1999-03-16
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MCNEILL, Ian resigned
director
1999-02-04
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MURRAY, William Michael resigned
director
1998-12-31
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MORRISON, Hamish Robertson resigned
director
1998-11-22
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CHIENE & TAIT appointed
corporate-secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: INGHAM, David William resigned 2025-07-31; INGHAM, David William resigned 2025-07-31; MCKEOWN, Henry Joseph resigned 2025-07-31

Group structure

Jm Intermediate Holdco 1 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jm Intermediate Holdco 1 Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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JMARCHITECTS (GROUP) LIMITED

This company · SC161683

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jm Intermediate Holdco 1 Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/06/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

64qs Holdings Limitedceased 24/06/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Jmarchitects Holdings Ltdceased 18/06/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-11-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

64 Queen Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17