CLARK DESIGN ARCHITECTURE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC655639 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-25

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£98.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £98,304

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£127k

Net Worth

£98k

↑ 156% YoY

Current Assets

£130k

↑ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	£98.3k	£57.1k
Current assets	£129.6k	£93.5k
Cash	£126.8k	—
Debtors	£2.7k	—
Net assets	£98.3k	£38.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2025-04-16
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accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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accounts · AA
2023-03-28
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accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-25
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Company incorporated
As CLARK DESIGN ARCHITECTURE LTD
2020-02-25
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CLARK, Ann-Marie appointed
director
2020-02-25
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CLARK, Paul William appointed
director
2020-02-25
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Paul William Clark Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	31/03/2021
Mrs Ann-Marie Clark Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	25/02/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul William Clarkceased 31/03/2021· 50-75% shares

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

Incorporated2020-02-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Strathleven House

Levenside Road

Dumbarton

West Dunbartonshire

G82 3PD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARK, Ann-Marie→

director · ~54y · appointed 2020-02-25

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Active

CLARK, Paul William→

director · ~54y · appointed 2020-02-25

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-16