GROVES-RAINES ARCHITECTS STUDIOS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC618686 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-21
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 · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → exceptional
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 0 improved, 0 worsened.

  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoid → exceptional
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£527.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

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
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £527,579
Very low cash
Cash position: £51
Net assets shrinking
Down £148,570 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£51
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
£528k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£208k£417k£625k£834k£1.0mAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£583.7k£769.7k£680.0k
Current assets£1.04M£958.7k£801.1k
Cash£51£12.8k£41.1k
Debtors£242.2k£145.5k£366.6k
Net assets£527.6k£676.1k£624.4k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-12-23
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  4. 2024-05-31
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  5. 2023-05-31
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  6. 2022-08-29
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  7. 2022-06-16
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  8. 2021-12-08
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  9. 2021-12-08
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  10. 2021-12-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-09-01
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    STIRLING, John Stewart resigned
    director
  12. 2021-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-02-14
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  15. 2020-02-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-02-14
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2019-12-06
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-12-01
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    STIRLING, John Stewart appointed
    director
  19. 2019-08-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2019-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  21. 2019-04-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-04-01
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    GROVES-RAINES, Nicholas Robert Pellew appointed
    director
  23. 2019-04-01
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    HANNESDOTTIR, Kristin Hulda appointed
    director
  24. 2019-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As GROVES-RAINES ARCHITECTS STUDIOS LTD
  25. 2019-01-21
    ➕
    GROVES-RAINES, Gunnar Ralph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GROVES-RAINES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gunnar Ralph Groves-Raines
Individual · British · DOB 10/1981 · age 45
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

1 Customs Wharf
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH6 6AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GROVES-RAINES, Gunnar Ralph→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROVES-RAINES, Nicholas Robert Pellew→
director · ~86y · appointed 2019-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANNESDOTTIR, Kristin Hulda→
director · ~78y · appointed 2019-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STIRLING, John Stewart→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-12-01 · resigned 2021-09-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—27/08/2019—
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-07