GAULDIE WRIGHT & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC292049 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 7 | 700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-14📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-07-01📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27➖GRANT, Euan Lawrence David resigneddirector
- 2022-05-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-10-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-01➕HENDERSON, Shaun Graeme appointeddirector
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-01-09➕KINGSTON, Derek Peter appointedsecretary
- 2015-01-09➖THORNTONS LAW LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-12-23➕KINGSTON, Derek Peter appointeddirector
- 2005-12-23➕GRANT, Euan Lawrence David appointeddirector
- 2005-12-23➖HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigneddirector
- 2005-10-20🏢Company incorporatedAs GAULDIE WRIGHT & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS LTD
- 2005-10-20➕THORNTONS LAW LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-10-20➕HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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 Shaun Graeme Henderson Individual · British · DOB 03/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/10/2021 |
Mr Derek Peter Kingston Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Euan Lawrence David Grantceased 27/05/2022· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities
Registered office
2 Osborne Place
Magdalen Yard Road
Dundee
DD2 1BD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
KINGSTON, Derek Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENDERSON, Shaun Graeme→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KINGSTON, Derek Peter→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2005-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2015-01-09
GRANT, Euan Lawrence David→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-23 · resigned 2022-05-27
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2005-12-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/07/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (74 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-13
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-07-14
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-05