SEFRE ARCHITECTS & RESEARCH LIMITED

Company number 03498883 ·

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Executive summary

SEFRE ARCHITECTS & RESEARCH LIMITED is a long-established but financially fragile micro-architectural practice operating in a sector where over 90% of firms are small or micro-sized. While the company has demonstrated meaningful improvement in reducing its net liabilities from a peak deficit of £54,075 in 2020 to £36,487 in 2025, it remains technically insolvent with a current ratio of just 0.32:1—well below both sector norms and viable operating thresholds. The practice's survival over 27 years and its improving trajectory suggest underlying operational viability, but its competitive positioning is fundamentally constrained by balance sheet weakness, limiting access to larger commissions and framework agreements that characterise growth opportunities in the current market.

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Shareholders' funds

£36,487

Balance sheet as at 2025-01-29

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1998-01-26
Employees
2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
12 Sunnymede, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6ES
Postcode
IG7 6ES
Capital
2 GBP
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-01-29
Next due by
2026-10-29
Financial year end
29 January

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-01-26
Next due by
2027-02-09
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 71111 Architectural activities

Officers 3 current · 7 resigned

Appointed 2020-12-11
Appointed 2015-06-10
Appointed 1998-11-01

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
FIELD DATA LIMITED1998-09-11

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
22 MONARCH WAY, BARKINGSIDE, ILFORD, ESSEX, IG2 7NY2015-06-10
35 BEAUFORT COURT, ADMIRALS WAY SOUTH QUAY, LONDON, E14 9XL2010-07-01
ANDERSON ROSS, 5 BLACKHORSE ROAD, BLACKHORSE LANE, LONDON E17 6DS2002-11-13
SUITE 18762 72 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W1Y 9DD1998-11-20

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 87 similar companies in IG

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (2 staff).

2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1998.

No.9 of the largest architectural activities companies in Ilford →

Competitors Ilford

This company ranks 9 among architectural activities in Ilford.

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The class of 1998

43%

of the 55,900 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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