3W ARCHITECTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03132871 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-01

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-125.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.8y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £124,957

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£125k

↓ 5.7% YoY

Current Assets

£72k

↓ 33% 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	£-110.9k	£-105.7k
Current assets	£72.0k	£108.2k
Net assets	£-125.0k	£-118.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-05-23
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2022-09-30
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2021-12-15
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2020-12-21
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2019-12-13
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2018-12-29
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accounts · AA
2018-12-22
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address · AD01
2017-09-07
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2016-05-28
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2016-05-13
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2015-12-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-22
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accounts · AA
2014-12-17
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2014-12-17
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2007-04-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2005-07-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Thames Wharf Studios Limited
2002-11-11
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WILLIAMS, Edward Marshall resigned
director
1995-12-19
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WELLS, Andrew James Temple appointed
secretary
1995-12-19
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WALKER, Stuart John appointed
director
1995-12-19
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WELLS, Andrew James Temple appointed
director
1995-12-19
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TUCKER, Catherine Lucy resigned
secretary
1995-12-19
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GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth resigned
director
1995-12-19
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WILLIAMS, Edward Marshall appointed
director
1995-12-01
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Company incorporated
As 3W ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
1995-12-01
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TUCKER, Catherine Lucy appointed
secretary
1995-12-01
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GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Andrew James Temple Wells Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart John Walker Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated1995-12-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

The Barley Mow Centre

Barley Mow Passage

London

W4 4PH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WELLS, Andrew James Temple→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-19

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Active

WALKER, Stuart John→

director · ~62y · appointed 1995-12-19

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Active

WELLS, Andrew James Temple→

director · ~63y · appointed 1995-12-19

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Active

TUCKER, Catherine Lucy→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-19

Resigned

GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth→

director · ~60y · appointed 1995-12-01 · resigned 1995-12-19

Resigned

WILLIAMS, Edward Marshall→

director · ~60y · appointed 1995-12-19 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	02/04/2007	—
	outstanding	Thames Wharf Studios Thames Wharf Studios Limited	Rent deposit deed	1 property	12/07/2005	—

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