What Roberts Limbrick does

Roberts Limbrick is a UK-based architectural and multidisciplinary design practice founded in 2008 through the merger of Roberts Gardner Ltd and Limbrick Limited. The firm employs 120+ architects, designers and creatives across three offices — Gloucester (headquarters, The Carriage Building, Bruton Way), Newport (opened 2013) and London (4 Garrett Street, EC1Y 0TY) — and delivers an integrated service portfolio spanning architectural design, interior design, urban design and placemaking, landscape architecture, masterplanning, 3D visualisation, and consultancy across the full RIBA work stages. Its sector coverage is horizontal and broad, with primary verticals in residential, commercial/industrial, education, healthcare, sport and leisure, plus secondary exposure to mixed-use and retail.

The practice operates a traditional professional services model: revenue is project-based and earned across RIBA work stages from concept through completion, with fees quoted per project and no publicly disclosed rate card. GTM is sales-led, combining direct commissioning from private enterprise and long-standing developer/contractor relationships with competitive tendering for public sector work — many relationships span 25-30+ years. Technology is conventional to the sector: BIM (Building Information Modelling), 3D visualisation, and sustainability analytics underpinning BREEAM-rated and Passivhaus-informed design. The firm is B Corp certified (96.2 score, 2023), holds ISO 9001/14001/45001, is committed to carbon net zero by 2050 via a Go Climate Positive partnership, and has won 50+ industry awards including recognition for Spirax-Sarco's BREEAM Outstanding headquarters and Adidas's 400,000 sq ft distribution centre delivered in 33 weeks.

Customers include FTSE100 enterprise (Spirax-Sarco, Adidas), national housebuilders (Barratt/David Wilson Homes), local authorities and NHS bodies (Oxfordshire County Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Kingston upon Thames PCT, Sport England framework), education clients (Gloucestershire College, Waddesdon School/Rothschild Foundation), and developers (Mabey Group). The firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investors, and no funding rounds — growth has been entirely organic since the 2008 merger.

Name

Roberts Limbrick

Legal name

Roberts Limbrick Ltd

Website

https://robertslimbrick.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Roberts Limbrick is a UK architectural and multidisciplinary design practice founded in 2008 with 120+ staff across Gloucester, Newport and London, delivering integrated architecture, interior, urban, landscape and masterplanning services to public and private sector clients across residential, education, healthcare, commercial and leisure sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gloucester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Core revenue from providing full architectural services across multiple sectors including residential, commercial, healthcare, education, sport and leisure, and industrial. Revenue is project-based, earned through RIBA work stages from concept through to completion.
2. Interior Design Services: Interior design team provides transformation of spaces including new build and refurbished spaces for residential and commercial sectors, creating uplifting environments.
3. Urban Design and Masterplanning: Urban design, placemaking and masterplanning services ranging from feasibility studies through to full masterplanning designs to support planning applications.
4. Landscape Architecture Services: Landscape architecture services covering landscape design, planning, and management. Services range from feasibility studies and appraisals to full masterplans and detailed hard and soft landscape designs.
5. 3D Visualisation and Consultancy: 3D modelling and visualisation services including high-quality visualisations for planning applications and marketing purposes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Roberts Limbrick is an architectural practice providing integrated multidisciplinary design services including architecture, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture, masterplanning, 3D visualisation and consultancy. Services are delivered in-house across sectors including residential, offices and workspaces, sport and leisure, education, healthcare, mixed-use and retail, and industrial.

Product overview

Roberts Limbrick is an architectural practice offering a unified service portfolio of architectural design, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture, masterplanning, 3D visualisation, and consultancy. These services are delivered as an integrated multidisciplinary offering rather than separate modular products, working across sectors including residential, offices and workspaces, sport and leisure, education, healthcare, mixed-use and retail, and industrial.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Services Full range of architectural services including design, technical delivery, and project management across multiple sectors (residential, commercial, healthcare, education, sport and leisure, and industrial). Delivered across all RIBA work stages from concept through to completion.
• Interior Design In-house interior design team providing space transformation, brand representation, and atmosphere creation for new build and refurbished spaces, serving casinos, cafes, schools, corporate headquarters, and residential clients.
• Urban Design and Placemaking Masterplanning, design guidance, street design guides, development briefs, and place plans for residential and regeneration projects. Services range from feasibility studies through to full masterplanning designs to support planning applications.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape design, planning, and management services including feasibility studies, masterplans, and detailed hard and soft landscape designs covering public realm, residential, education, recreation and commercial sectors.
• Masterplanning Strategic site planning and development framework services for large-scale residential and mixed-use developments, including town centre regeneration projects.
• 3D Modelling and Visualisation 3D visualisation and rendering services including VR visualisations for design communication and planning applications.
• Consultancy Advisory services including sustainability consultancy, design guidance, and stakeholder engagement, including production of design guidance documents for local authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating achieved for Spirax-Sarco Engineering headquarters - top 0.5% of sustainable new builds
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chris Jones StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Caldicot masterplan project; Chris Jones Studio worked with Roberts Limbrick to evolve the vision into a delivery strategy setting out project and time-based roadmap.
• Sport EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoberts Limbrick works with Sport England as part of their consultancy framework; divisional director Bastin Bloomfield leads on many leisure centre designs working with Sport England guidelines.
• Go Climate PositivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoberts Limbrick worked closely with Go Climate Positive to understand their environmental impact and create a carbon reduction plan with 33.6% emissions reduction targets aligned to science-based 1.5-degree warming limit.
• B Lab (B Corp)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoberts Limbrick achieved B Corp certification through rigorous assessment by B Lab; joined global community of 8,000+ B Corps committed to prioritising environment, people and planet.
• Multidisciplinary Consultant TeamsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor projects like Cullompton masterplan, Roberts Limbrick works closely with multidisciplinary teams including design managers and various specialists to deliver comprehensive design solutions.
• Rothschild FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Rothschild Foundation for Waddesdon Church of England Sixth Form project; Foundation provided funding and vision for the Jacob Rothschild Sixth Form Building.
• Oxfordshire County CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLongstanding relationship producing design guidance documents including South Oxfordshire Design Guide and Oxfordshire Street Design Guide; also created new iteration of street design guide.
• Cardiff UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChris Gentle, Roberts Limbrick masterplanning lead, is an invited tutor on the Urban Design Masters course at Cardiff University, sharing industry expertise with academia.
• Gloucestershire Design PanelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple Roberts Limbrick directors including Aled Roberts and Joe Roberts are members of the Gloucestershire Design Panel, contributing to local design standards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AHR: UK-headquartered multidisciplinary architecture and building consultancy with comparable sector breadth (education, healthcare, leisure, residential) and a similar mix of public sector and commercial work. Direct head-to-head competitor for many of the same UK regional and public tenders.
• Stride Treglown: Bristol-based UK architecture practice of broadly similar size offering architecture, interior design, masterplanning and landscape across education, healthcare, residential and leisure — a near-direct peer competing in overlapping UK regional and public sector markets.
• Bond Bryan Architects: Mid-size UK architecture practice with strong education, residential and commercial sector overlap. Comparable in scale and go-to-market (public sector tendering, regional base, multidisciplinary in-house teams).
• AWW Architects: Bristol/UK architecture practice operating across education, healthcare, residential and commercial with a comparable integrated multidisciplinary model. Competes for the same South West / Wales public and private commissions.
• Cassidy + Ashton: UK regional architecture practice with a similar mix of architecture, interior design, masterplanning and heritage work, often competing on education, healthcare and leisure commissions in the same geographies.
• LSI Architects: East of England-based architecture practice with comparable sector mix (education, healthcare, leisure, residential) and similar public sector tender-led go-to-market. Direct head-to-head competitor on many of the same UK regional briefs.
• ADP Architects: UK architecture practice with parallel sector exposure in education, healthcare, residential and commercial, and a similar reliance on RIBA-stage professional services delivery for public and private clients.

Broad incumbents

• BDP (Building Design Partnership): One of the largest UK-based architecture, engineering and design practices with broad sector coverage including education, healthcare, leisure and masterplanning. Larger and more diversified than Roberts Limbrick but competes for many of the same UK public and corporate briefs.
• IBI Group (Arcadis IBI): Global design and engineering firm with UK architecture practice covering education, healthcare, transport and urban design. Competes with Roberts Limbrick on larger integrated design mandates where multidisciplinary scale is required.

Regional players

• Burley Claydon Chivers: Smaller UK-based architectural practice with comparable sector exposure in education, healthcare and residential. Most relevant as a regional peer competing in overlapping UK geographies rather than a direct national rival.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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