realising hidden assets could mean the vision to see a new tourist attraction in some derelict workshop, or returning lost dignity to a mutilated town house.

We work mainly in the private sector far away from the certainties of glamorous National Trust properties, or of state-funded English Heritage sites. Our area of the conservation field demands the highest expertise and the greatest ingenuity.

It means recognising opportunities in the most unlikely places and exploiting every heritage asset available.