AUSTEN GALLERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC642285 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees—0

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-07-06
    ➖
    AUSTEN, Sarah Jane resigned
    director
  8. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUSTEN GALLERY LIMITED
  14. 2019-09-23
    ➕
    AUSTEN, Joseph Gerard appointed
    director
  15. 2019-09-23
    ➕
    AUSTEN, Katharine Valentine appointed
    director
  16. 2019-09-23
    ➕
    AUSTEN, Lucy Emily appointed
    director
  17. 2019-09-23
    ➕
    AUSTEN, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2019-09-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AUSTEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Katharine Valentine Austen
Individual · British · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/09/2019
Mr Joseph Gerard Austen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/09/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

146 South Street
St. Andrews
KY16 9EQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

AUSTEN, Joseph Gerard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2019-09-23
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Active
AUSTEN, Katharine Valentine→
director · ~81y · appointed 2019-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTEN, Lucy Emily→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTEN, Sarah Jane→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-09-23 · resigned 2024-07-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05