A1 Architecture Ltd — Gloucester Architect Digital Visibility Score

Digital Visibility Score: 59 / 100 · Rank 9 of 35

Digital Visibility Score59/100Rank 9 of 35 · top 24%Problems found1The site has not changed in a long timeOne page from the first3Closest: planning application architect Gl… at #11Furthest behind-4Speed & CWV: 62 against a sector median of 66

Measured 1 September 2026 via the PYC Gloucester Architect Digital Visibility Index. Every figure is objective and reproducible from the methodology. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Pillar breakdown vs sector median

Each pillar scored 0–100 against the sector median for this index. The final column is this firm's distance from that median.

Pillar	Score	Median	vs median
Speed & CWV	62	66	−4
Technical	100	75	+25
Local presence	63	67	−4
Visibility	50	0	+50
AI search presence	0	0	level
Content & trust	66	47.5	+18.5

Pillar performance against the sector median. Bars right of centre are above the median, left are below.

Speed & CWV		-4
Technical		+25
Local presence		-4
Visibility		+50
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		+18.5

Problems found

These are specific, checkable faults on the site — not opinions about it.

• Worth knowingThe site has not changed in a long timeThe homepage last reported a change 7.8 years ago.

Where this firm ranks

Ranks for 12 of 12 keywords, average position 31.9, in the local 3-pack for 0 keywords.

Keyword	Position
architects Gloucester	#26
architect Gloucester	#18
architectural services Gloucester	#34
house extension architect Gloucester	#18
planning application architect Gloucester	#11
listed building architect Gloucester	#66
residential architects Gloucester	#23
commercial architects Gloucester	#24
self build architect Gloucester	#37
loft conversion architect Gloucester	#2
barn conversion architect Gloucester	#63
conservation architect Gloucester	#61

The gap to the leader

This firm against the sector median and the index leader, CK Architectural Gloucestershire, on every pillar.

Speed & CWV		62
Technical		100
Local presence		63
Visibility		50
AI search presence		0
Content & trust		66

this firm sector median leader

A1 Architecture Ltd trails CK Architectural Gloucestershire by 134 points across 4 pillars, but 94% of that is AI search presence and Visibility alone. It already matches or beats the leader on Speed & CWV, Technical.

Closest to the first page

Ranked between #11 and #20 — one page from the first, ordered by how close.

planning application architect Gloucester		#11
architect Gloucester		#18
house extension architect Gloucester		#18

3 positions sit between #11 and #20 — one page away, and the cheapest ranking work available to this firm.

AI search presence

Named in 0 of 5 AI answers. A domain citation is stronger evidence than a name mention.

✗	Who are the best architects in Gloucester?
✗	Which architect in Gloucester would you recommend for a house extension?
✗	Top rated architectural practices in Gloucester
✗	I need an architect in Gloucester - who should I contact?
✗	Conservation architects in Gloucester

Why this score

What each score is made of. Every input here is in the open dataset, so the arithmetic can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Pillar	Score	Made up of
Content & trust	66	about page: yes · team page: no · credentials: yes · blog or news: yes · homepage: 431 words · last changed: 2836 days ago
Visibility	50	ranks for 12 of 12 keywords · average position 31.9 · local 3-pack: 0
Local presence	63	0 reviews · 0 new in 90 days
Technical	100	HTTPS: yes · page allows indexing: yes · robots.txt allows crawling: yes · sitemap: yes · structured data: yes

Key findings

• No pillar falls materially below the sector median this quarter.

How this compares to the leader

CK Architectural Gloucestershire leads the index with 79/100. The largest gaps are: AI search presence (0 vs 100); Visibility (50 vs 76).

Top fixes (ranked by impact)

1. Publish structured, citable content and entity schema so AI engines surface the business for core local queries.
2. Build local landing pages for the core keyword basket to lift organic and local-pack appearance.
3. Cut mobile LCP below 2.5s (optimise images and remove render-blocking resources) — the biggest score and ranking lever.

Firms ranked near this one

The firms nearest A1 Architecture Ltd in this ranking, beyond the two either side.

Firm	Rank	Score	Why it is here
Pier Architects Ltd.	#7	60/100	2 places above you
SMAC Architecture	#11	58/100	2 places below you
Roberts Limbrick Ltd	#6	63/100	3 places above you
Aston Architectural Design Ltd.	#12	55/100	3 places below you

Context (not scored)

Recorded alongside the measurement to make it easier to judge, but carrying no weight in the Digital Visibility Score. See the methodology.

Companies House	Company 11146876 · 8.6 years old · active · SIC 71111
Real-user speed (CrUX)	Too little traffic to appear in Chrome’s public dataset
Google profile detail	1 photo · unclaimed · no description · hours listed
Backlinks	53 referring domains · 57 links · rank 82
Site structure	25 pages crawled · 28 internal links per page · reachable in: contact 1 click · 1% of links use a generic anchor
Sitemap	3 URLs listed · declared in robots.txt · newest entry 712 days old · 3 of 3 sampled URLs resolve

Where to get this fixed

A1 Architecture Ltd’s lowest-scoring pillars among those we publish remediation guidance for:

• AI search presence (0/100) — read generative engine optimisation on getting named by the answer engines this pillar measures. Background on analysing this pillar: ai search presence.
• Visibility (50/100) — read topical authority on why ranking breadth across a sector beats chasing single terms. Background on analysing this pillar: visibility.

↑ Ranked aboveThe Development Studio (TDS)#8 · 60/100 Full indexAll 35 firms ↓ Ranked belowHomeplan Drafting Services#10 · 59/100

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How this is measured: see the index methodology, and the statistical methods behind each pillar. This index is published by PYC; if you want this score moved, start here.