What Equilibrium does

Equilibrium Architects Limited (Company Registered No. 05612765) is a privately held UK architectural practice founded in 2005 and headquartered at 3 Manchester Road, Bury, BL9 0DR. The firm operates as a multi-sector horizontal practice delivering end-to-end architectural services across five verticals: Residential (domestic extensions and new builds), Commercial (business extensions, industrial units, retail properties), Conservation (heritage and listed building repair, maintenance, adaptation, and re-use), Healthcare (GP surgeries, veterinary practices, physiotherapies, Lift schemes), and Education (school and college extensions and remodelling for local government and academy clients). Its disclosed client base spans private homeowners and developers, care home operators (e.g., Brookvale Care Home, 12-acre site), primary and grammar schools (Christ Church, Edenfield, Urmston Grammar), and public-sector bodies including Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.

The firm's underlying technical methodology is conventional UK professional architecture: RIBA-accredited practice standards combined with BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) embedded as the standard yardstick for environmental sustainability across all projects. Service delivery follows a stated 'Vision, Design, Delivery' approach — concept and planning, design and consultation, and on-time, on-budget completion — with in-house coordination across planning, engineering, builders, and health and safety compliance. The team comprises a Director (Richard Shuttleworth), a Heritage Consultant (Vic Fletcher), an Architect (Paolo Boscolo), an Administrator (Beki Egerton), and three named Architectural Technologists (Tony Waterhouse, Paul Marshall, Mark Hubbard), indicating a small specialist practice operating within the 11–50 employee band.

The business model is project-based fee-for-service with no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated through direct client engagement for private-sector work (homeowners, developers, operators) and via public-sector tendering for education and government projects in the North West of England. Go-to-market relies on organic digital presence (website, LinkedIn, Facebook pages) plus direct referrals from existing clients; the firm has no disclosed API, no software products, no platform, and no subsidiaries or external investment. The firm is independently owned by its founder/director(s) with no parent company, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity recorded in the input data. Operating geography is restricted to North West England (Manchester, Bolton, Bury) with no global footprint claim.

Name

Equilibrium

Legal name

Equilibrium Architects Limited

Website

https://equilibriumarchitects.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Equilibrium Architects Limited is a Bury-based UK architectural practice founded in 2005, delivering RIBA-accredited, BREEAM-standard design services across residential, commercial, conservation, healthcare, and education sectors for clients in North West England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Building conservation
• Sustainable architecture
• Residential extensions
• Education sector architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Bury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Equilibrium Architects provides architectural design and project delivery services across five sectors: residential, commercial, conservation, healthcare, and education. The firm handles end-to-end work including visioning, concept and detailed design, planning, interior design, project management, tendering, and coordination with engineers, builders, and local authorities, using BREEAM as its environmental assessment yardstick.

Product overview

Equilibrium Architects offers a unified portfolio of architectural services across five core sectors: Residential, Commercial, Conservation, Healthcare, and Education. The firm operates as a single integrated practice rather than a platform with separate modules, providing end-to-end services from initial concept through design and delivery. The company works with both public sector clients (local government, schools, fire services) and private clients (homeowners, developers, care homes), delivering bespoke architectural solutions across the North West region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture Services
• Commercial Architecture Services Commercial property architecture for business extensions, industrial units, and retail properties, combining functionality with style and emphasising environmental sustainability and cost-effective project delivery.
• Conservation Architecture Services Heritage and conservation architectural services for historic and listed buildings, including repair, maintenance, adaptation, and re-use, with experience working alongside conservation officers and local authorities.
• Healthcare Architecture Services Medical architectural services for GP surgeries, veterinary practices, physiotherapies, and 'Lift' schemes, including envisioning, strategic and clinical planning, business cases, architecture, interior design, and post-occupancy evaluation.
• Education Architecture Services Architectural services for schools, colleges, and government buildings, including project management, tendering, concept, design, planning, and coordination with local government for extensions, remodelling, and new educational facilities.

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BREEAM (Building Research Establishment)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBREEAM is the company's yardstick for architectural environmental friendliness. First published by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in 1990, it is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating, and certifying the sustainability of buildings. Equilibrium incorporates BREEAM assessment methodology as a fundamental part of their business processes and environmental commitment.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Allies and Morrison: Established UK architectural practice working across residential, education, commercial, and conservation sectors. Comparable on multi-sector coverage and BREEAM-adjacent sustainability focus, though at much larger scale.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Major UK interdisciplinary architecture and design firm with strong education, healthcare, and public-sector practices. Comparable on client sectors (schools, hospitals, government) though at significantly larger scale.
• AHR Architects: Large UK-headquartered multidisciplinary architecture practice working across education, healthcare, residential, and commercial sectors. Comparable on sector mix though significantly larger and broader than Equilibrium.

Regional players

• Buttress Architects: Manchester-based architectural practice working across heritage, residential, commercial, and education sectors in the North West of England. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized regional firm competing for the same client pool.
• Cassidy + Ashton: North West England architectural practice with multi-sector coverage including education, healthcare, residential, and conservation — overlapping directly with Equilibrium's service portfolio and geographic focus.

Direct peers

• Purcell: UK architectural practice with nationally recognized heritage and conservation expertise alongside new build and adaptive reuse work. Comparable for Equilibrium's conservation sector positioning and heritage-led differentiator.
• Levitt Bernstein: UK architectural practice with established expertise in social housing, residential, healthcare, and education. Comparable as a similarly-positioned mid-sized UK firm with overlapping sector coverage.
• Haworth Tompkins: UK architectural practice known for heritage, conservation, and adaptive reuse alongside cultural, education, and residential projects. Comparable for Equilibrium's conservation differentiator and sector breadth.
• JTP (John Thompson & Partners): UK architectural practice with established residential, education, healthcare, and masterplanning practices. Comparable on sector coverage and community/stakeholder-focused collaborative approach.

Emerging players

• Mae Architects: London-based architectural practice with strong sustainability focus (BREEAM expertise) and work across residential, education, and community sectors. Comparable for Equilibrium's BREEAM-led sustainability positioning, though more urban-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EquilibriumArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/equilibrium-architects-limited
• Xx.com/equilibriumarch

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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