MOUNTJOY FINE ART LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-04📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2022-03-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-03-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2007-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs MOUNTJOY FINE ART LIMITED
- 2007-07-30➕SRG LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-07-30➕CRICHTON-STUART, Anthony, Lord appointeddirector
- 2007-07-30➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-07-30➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-07-30➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-07-30➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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