LTJ ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC669198 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-29
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

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 72/100 (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 (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£18k£27k£35k£44kJul 2024Jul 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£8.0k
Current assets£14.2k
Net assets£44.2k
Average employees-100

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-20
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  6. 2021-09-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LTJ ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
  8. 2020-07-29
    MCILVEAN, Adele Margaret appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-29
    MCILVEAN, Ross Alexander appointed
    director
  10. 2020-07-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Alexander Mcilvean
Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/07/2020

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · KY postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
PRETTYBRIGHT LTD
SC473541 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
12y
PROBATE SUPPORT FIFE LTD
SC879574 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
PROCESSPLUS GROUP LIMITED
SC224205 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
24y
PRODUCTIVITY FOR SCIENTISTS LIMITED
SC464210 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
RENTON LAW LTD
SC882229 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
REVOLUTION RENTALS LTD
SC749474 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
RGP LIMITED
SC377707 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
RJB IT SERVICES LIMITED
SC374007 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
RJE ACCESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
SC741875 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ROAD ACCIDENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
SC411417 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
ROB FISHER CONSULTANCY LTD
SC729929 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED
SC071830 · est 1980 · no financials extracted
45y
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
Incorporated2020-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

62 Bennachie Way
Dunfermline
KY11 8JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCILVEAN, Adele Margaret
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCILVEAN, Ross Alexander
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-07-29