ROUNDHOUSE ARCHITECTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC245244 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-07

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-18.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 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

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £18,896

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£19k

↓ 141% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 72% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-18.6k	£-7.6k
Current assets	£1.4k	£5.1k
Net assets	£-18.9k	£-7.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2025-01-20
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accounts · AA
2024-01-17
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accounts · AA
2022-08-01
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accounts · AA
2021-11-08
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accounts · AA
2020-11-20
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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2018-08-30
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accounts · AA
2017-08-17
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accounts · AA
2016-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-10
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-10
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officers · AP01
2015-07-28
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accounts · AA
2015-06-01
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MCINTOSH, June appointed
director
2015-03-10
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-24
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accounts · AA
2003-03-07
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Company incorporated
As ROUNDHOUSE ARCHITECTURE LTD
2003-03-07
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MCINTOSH, June appointed
secretary
2003-03-07
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MCINTOSH, Norman appointed
director
2003-03-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-07
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-03-07
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-07
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Norman Mcintosh Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs June Mcintosh Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

The Roundhouse Lochside Road

St. Cyrus

Montrose

Angus

DD10 0DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCINTOSH, June→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-07

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Active

MCINTOSH, June→

director · ~69y · appointed 2015-06-01

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Active

MCINTOSH, Norman→

director · ~67y · appointed 2003-03-07

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-07

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-07

Resigned

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