Condy Lofthouse Ltd

What Condy Lofthouse Ltd does

Condy Lofthouse Ltd (trading as Condy Lofthouse Architects, or CLA) is a privately held UK architectural practice founded in 1979 by Trevor Condy and Frank Lofthouse in Liverpool. The firm delivers full architectural services — feasibility, design, planning, technical detailing, and project management — across three primary verticals: healthcare (notably care homes and specialist dementia facilities for operators such as Kingsley Healthcare and Porthaven Care Homes), residential (luxury bespoke homes, affordable housing partnerships with local authorities and housing associations such as Sovini Group, Wirral Council, and Blackpool Council), and leisure, education and commercial (including Everton in the Community's People's Hub and Everton Free School, golf clubs, breweries, and community facilities). The current leadership comprises Managing Director Andrew Armstrong and Director Jason Maher, supported by two Associate Directors, two Associates, and a wider studio team of architects, technicians, and assistants.

The practice's underlying technology is conventional architectural CAD/BIM delivery augmented by a 360° LiDAR scanning capability that produces floorplans at 98%+ accuracy and immersive 3D virtual tours with up to 50m measurement range. CLA holds BS EN ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management), and Investors in People accreditations, and has been recognised through the Pinders Best Interior Design award (Tetbury care home, 2022) and an RIBA international design competition shortlist (Living with Water, Hull).

The business model is professional services fee-based, billed on a project-by-project basis against scope and complexity, delivered through direct client engagement and long-term repeat relationships. Clients include healthcare operators, NHS-linked providers, local authorities, housing associations, developers, charities, and private individuals across the UK. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct relationships, referrals, competitive tendering, and strategic co-development partnerships, with marketing support from a portfolio website and active LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram channels. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm operates as a private limited company without external institutional investment.

Name

Condy Lofthouse Ltd

Legal name

Condy & Lofthouse Ltd

Website

https://condylofthouse.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Condy Lofthouse Ltd is a Liverpool-headquartered UK architectural practice (founded 1979) delivering design, planning, and project management services across healthcare, residential, and leisure/education/commercial sectors for operators, councils, and developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Liverpool

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services billed on a project basis. Services include feasibility studies, design, planning applications, technical detailing, and project management through to completion. Revenue generated through fees for design and project delivery services across healthcare, residential, and commercial sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Condy Lofthouse is a Liverpool-based architectural practice providing design, planning, and project delivery services across healthcare (care homes, specialist facilities), residential (housing association and private developments), and leisure, education and commercial sectors. The firm combines traditional architectural design with 360° LiDAR scanning and BIM workflows and serves housing associations, local councils, care operators, developers, and private individuals across the UK.

Product overview

Condy Lofthouse Architects is an award-winning architectural practice established in 1979, offering a unified suite of architectural design services across three core sectors: Healthcare (care homes and medical facilities), Residential (housing developments from affordable to luxury), and Leisure/Education/Commercial (schools, golf clubs, hospitality venues). The practice operates as a single integrated service where project teams draw on shared expertise across sectors to deliver projects from feasibility through to completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare architecture

Quantifiable outcome

• RIBA international design competition shortlisted proposal for Living with Water project addressing rising sea levels on Humber Estuary
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Everton in the CommunitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partnership with Everton FC's official charity. Condy Lofthouse Architects has developed multiple projects including the People's Hub (flagship community building), Everton Free School, and ongoing stadium works. CLA serves as retained architect for Everton In The Community, working on various community facility projects.
• Wirral CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Wirral Council on 100% affordable housing schemes including 46no. affordable dwellings at Conway Street, Birkenhead and 61no. dwellings at The Dell development. Long-term collaboration on regeneration projects.
• Blackpool CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on significant regeneration masterplan delivering 200 new homes over 2 phases in Queenspark, Blackpool. First phase responds to dense existing urban grain with contemporary design.
• Sovini GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Goals, Litherland project delivering approximately 150 new affordable homes into South Sefton, including prominent apartment building addressing arterial route into Liverpool city centre.
• Housing AssociationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing relationships with housing associations delivering local mixed-use developments. Andy Armstrong serves as Non-executive Director of a Local Housing Association, strengthening partnership ties.
• The PPL GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOffice fit-out project for The PPL Group including installation of new mezzanine with associated new build office fit-out works over two floors within existing warehouse building.
• Love Lane BreweryminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConversion of existing 1950s warehouses in Liverpool's historic Baltic Triangle to create new brewery and distillery, incorporating warehouse-style architecture.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Buttress Architects: Manchester-based architectural practice of comparable size with residential, heritage/conservation, and regeneration work; competes with CLA across Northwest England council and housing-association briefs.
• Proctor & Matthews Architects: UK architectural practice known for residential-led, housing-association, and masterplanning work; comparable sector mix and similar housing-association client profile to CLA.
• Pozzoni Architecture: Northwest England-based architectural practice of similar size delivering residential, healthcare, and community schemes; closely comparable in scale, geography, and sector mix to CLA.
• Ryder Architecture: UK architectural practice with strong Northern England presence delivering residential, healthcare, education, and masterplanning projects; comparable mid-sized UK firm competing for the same council and housing-association briefs.
• PRP Architects: UK architectural practice with one of the country's leading specialist healthcare and retirement-living design teams; directly comparable to CLA's care-home and extra-care focus, with similar housing-association and NHS client base.

Broad incumbents

• IBI Group (Arcadis IBI): Global architecture and urban-design firm with active UK practice in residential, healthcare, and education; competes for larger-scale public-sector design commissions in the same verticals as CLA.
• AHR (formerly Aedas UK): Large UK architectural and building consultancy with established residential, healthcare, and education practices; competes with CLA on larger-scale housing-association and public-sector tenders.
• Jestico + Whiles: UK architectural practice with significant leisure, hospitality, education and residential work; comparable in mid-sized UK firm positioning with similar sector diversification.
• John McAslan + Partners: Established London-headquartered UK architectural practice with healthcare, education and residential portfolios; operates at larger scale but targets overlapping client segments such as NHS trusts and housing associations.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Major UK interdisciplinary design practice covering healthcare, housing, education and leisure sectors; a much larger incumbent that competes for the same NHS, council, and university frameworks as CLA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CLA_Architects
• Facebookfacebook.com/Condylofthousearchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/condy-&-lofthouse-architects
• Instagraminstagram.com/condylofthousearchitects

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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