SEFRE ARCHITECTS & RESEARCH LIMITED
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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.
Shareholders' funds
£36,487
Balance sheet as at 2025-01-29
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71111 Architectural activities
Officers 3 current · 7 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FIELD DATA LIMITED | 1998-09-11 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 22 MONARCH WAY, BARKINGSIDE, ILFORD, ESSEX, IG2 7NY | 2015-06-10 |
| 35 BEAUFORT COURT, ADMIRALS WAY SOUTH QUAY, LONDON, E14 9XL | 2010-07-01 |
| ANDERSON ROSS, 5 BLACKHORSE ROAD, BLACKHORSE LANE, LONDON E17 6DS | 2002-11-13 |
| SUITE 18762 72 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W1Y 9DD | 1998-11-20 |
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.
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.