HEATHERWICK STUDIO LIMITED
Company number 04170748 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Heatherwick Studio is a premium, founder-dependent design practice that has carved a defensible niche at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and industrial design—commanding brand-driven pricing power in an otherwise commoditised industry. The studio's growth trajectory depends on converting its multidisciplinary capabilities into larger-scale masterplanning and infrastructure commissions, while its long-term sustainability hinges on addressing the founder-concentration risk that simultaneously defines and constrains the business. The critical strategic imperative is building institutional resilience—through succession planning, governance evolution, and revenue diversification—without diluting the creative identity that is the studio's primary asset.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-03-01
- Registered office
- Making House, 55 Argyle Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1H 8EE
- Postcode
- WC1H 8EE
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-01
- Next due by
- 2027-03-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71111 Architectural activities
- 71112 Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
- 71200 Technical testing and analysis
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA353424 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- heatherwick.com
A multi-award winning British design and architecture studio - buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and infrastructure.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THOMAS HEATHERWICK STUDIO LTD | 2007-03-07 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 356-364 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, GREATYER LONDON, WCIX 8BH | 2011-04-12 |
| 16 ACTON STREET, LONDON, WC1X 9NG | 2008-06-12 |
| 151 HIGH STREET, LONDON, N14 6JR | 2001-05-14 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 366 similar companies in WC, trading since 2001
The class of 2001
54%
of the 294 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2021-07-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £41,871,280
- Where
- Greater London (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL113565 | Greater London | Freehold | 2021-07-19 | £30,121,280 |
| LN195939 | Greater London | Freehold | 2018-09-07 | £11,750,000 |
| NGL938216 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2013-10-30 | — |
| NGL916524 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-02-25 | — |
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