What Fatkin does

Fatkin is an independent UK architectural practice founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with additional studios in Cardiff and Bristol. The firm delivers full architectural services across RIBA workstages 1 to 7 — from feasibility through on-site delivery — alongside planning advice, in-house visualisation, lead consultant coordination, and Principal Designer services under the Building Safety Act and CDM. Its technical stack is built on Building Information Modelling (BIM), with stated early-stage engagement with emerging AI tools for design, supplemented by an in-house visualisation team producing renders from sketches to photorealistic imagery.

The practice positions itself around complex environments, with a primary specialism in transport infrastructure (road, rail, aviation and clean freight) and adjacent work in science and research facilities, healthcare, and housing. Named engagements include the £48m London Luton Airport TCP2 multi-storey car park rebuild with contractor BAM, the £9m Stevenage Transport Hub with Stevenage Borough Council, the £12m Adanac Park MSCP in Southampton with Prime plc, the £9m Rosemont Innovation Centre with Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, a hospice ward refurbishment at St Joseph's Hospice, and the £4m Tamar Valley Crematorium near Dartmoor. Huber Parking functions as a recurring co-delivery partner on parking infrastructure projects.

The business model is project-based professional services, with fees tied to scope, complexity and RIBA workstage coverage. Clients span enterprise developers and contractors, public-sector bodies (notably local authorities), healthcare non-profits, and private individuals. Acquisition channels are direct enterprise engagement, referrals and competitive tendering, supported by a relatively light digital footprint on LinkedIn and Instagram. The firm is privately held, founder-led by Director & Architect Dan Gullock, with no disclosed external investment, subsidiary structure, or M&A activity.

Name

Fatkin

Legal name

Fatkin

Website

https://fatkin.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fatkin is an independent UK architectural practice delivering RIBA workstages 1-7 design, planning, and Principal Designer services from London, Cardiff, and Bristol studios, with a specialist focus on transport infrastructure (road, rail, aviation, parking) and adjacent healthcare, science, and housing sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Transport architecture
• Building information modelling
• Planning consultancy
• Principal designer services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

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: Comprehensive architectural services across RIBA workstages 1 to 7, from early feasibility studies through to on-site delivery. Project-based professional services fees for architecture and planning engagements.
2. Planning Services: Planning services including pre-application enquiries, design panel reviews, planning applications and planning policy advice, offered alongside architectural work.
3. Technical Advisory Services: Peer review and expert technical advisory services in transport and clean freight sectors, acting as technical advisors to help clients manage project teams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fatkin provides comprehensive architectural design services across the full RIBA workstages 1 to 7, from early feasibility studies through to on-site delivery, with the team fully trained in BIM and engaging with emerging AI technologies. In parallel it offers planning advice, in-house visualisation from sketches to photorealistic renders, lead consultant coordination of multidisciplinary teams, Principal Designer services under the Building Safety Act, and peer review/technical advisory in transport and clean freight sectors.

Product overview

Fatkin is an award-winning independent architectural practice offering a unified suite of architectural and advisory services. The core offerings include Architectural Design (covering full RIBA workstages 1-7 with BIM capabilities), Planning Advice, Visualisations, Lead Consultant coordination, Principal Designer Services (including Building Safety Act compliance), and Technical Advisor peer review. These services are delivered across complex environments including road, rail, aviation, clean freight, science, healthcare and housing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Comprehensive architectural services across RIBA workstages 1 to 7, from early feasibility studies through to on-site delivery, delivered by a fully BIM-trained team engaging with emerging AI technologies. Targeted at clients in transport, science, healthcare and housing sectors.
• Planning Advice Planning services delivered alongside architectural work, including preparing pre-application enquiries, attending design panel reviews, making planning applications and providing planning policy advice for developer and public sector clients.
• Visualisations In-house visualisation service producing images from sketches to photorealistic renders to help clients conceptualise and promote their projects during planning, stakeholder engagement and marketing.
• Lead Consultant Coordination service assembling a one-stop-shop of tried and tested consultants covering every discipline under a single point of appointment for clients on complex projects.
• Principal Designer Services Principal Designer services under the Building Safety Act (PD BSA) delivered alongside PD CDM (Construction Design and Management) services, with the team trained in Building Safety Act requirements.
• Technical Advisor Peer review and expert technical advisory services in transport and clean freight, helping clients manage project teams and ensure demanding requirements are met consistently across multiple sites.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• BAM (for London Luton Airport TCP2)minorOthersProject collaboration for specialist architectural services on TCP2 rebuild at London Luton Airport, providing over 1,900 parking spaces with dedicated terminal drop-off zone. BAM served as contractor.
• Huber ParkingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular collaboration with Huber Parking as parking specialist partner on multiple projects including Adanac Park MSCP in Southampton and Stevenage Transport Hub. Huber provides parking expertise while Fatkin delivers architecture.
• Prime plcminorOthersProject collaboration for Adanac Park MSCP new multi-storey car park in Southampton supporting future health and science campus.
• GoldbeckminorOthersProject collaboration for Rosemont Innovation Centre, providing architecture and planning for new-build R&D facility using purpose-built MMC structure.
• Stevenage Borough CouncilminorOthersClient partnership for Stevenage Transport Hub project - new multi-storey car park and transport hub in central Stevenage as part of town centre regeneration.
• Rosemont PharmaceuticalsminorOthersClient for architecture and planning services on new-build R&D facility including specialist laboratories, offices and admin spaces within MMC structure in Leeds.
• St Joseph's HospiceminorOthersClient for thoughtful redesign and delivery of first floor ward, improving accommodation for patients, families and hospice staff with calm and peaceful environment.
• Tamar Valley CrematoriumminorOthersClient for new crematorium project on edge of Dartmoor with extensive glazing and local materials, offering space, time and intimacy for families.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HOK: HOK is a global architecture practice with aviation, rail and healthcare specialisms. It is a broad incumbent competing for larger UK transport and healthcare briefs where Fatkin also operates.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): BDP is a large UK architecture and engineering practice with strong transport, healthcare and civic portfolios. It operates across full RIBA stages at a much larger scale, representing the type of incumbent Fatkin competes with on bigger briefs.
• Foster + Partners: Foster + Partners is a globally established architecture practice with a large transport and infrastructure portfolio (airports, rail, urban regeneration). It is a much larger incumbent that competes with Fatkin on prestige transport schemes, though operating at a significantly different scale.
• Arup: Arup is a global engineering, design and architecture firm with major transport infrastructure practices. As a broad incumbent it overlaps with Fatkin's lead consultant and technical advisor roles on transport projects.

Direct peers

• Stanton Williams: Stanton Williams is a London-based UK architecture practice of comparable size with strengths in transport-adjacent civic, cultural and education projects. It overlaps Fatkin on UK RIBA-stage architectural commissions at similar scales.
• Grimshaw Architects: Grimshaw is a UK-headquartered global architecture practice renowned for transport architecture including airports, rail stations and infrastructure — a directly comparable specialism to Fatkin's core niche. Both compete for complex transport environment briefs across aviation and rail.
• Hawkins\Brown: Hawkins\Brown is a London-headquartered UK architecture practice with similar scale to Fatkin, working across transport, education, healthcare and workplace sectors. It competes for similar RIBA-stage architectural briefs.
• WilkinsonEyre: WilkinsonEyre is a UK architecture practice with a deep transport and infrastructure portfolio including stations, bridges and aviation-adjacent projects. It competes with Fatkin on UK transport and civic architecture briefs at similar project scales.
• Allies and Morrison: Allies and Morrison is a UK architecture practice with comparable scale, full RIBA-stage service delivery, and an established portfolio across transport-adjacent, civic and infrastructure projects — a direct peer for UK mid-sized architectural engagements.
• Weston Williamson + Partners: Weston Williamson + Partners is a UK architecture practice with particular strength in transport (rail, underground and aviation) and civic projects. It directly overlaps Fatkin's transport-infrastructure specialism and operates from UK studios.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Xx.com/fatkin_design

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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