DE MONTFORT FINE ART LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-41% vs 2024
Net assets
£36M
+7.9% vs 2024
Employees
520
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+49.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DE MONTFORT FINE ART LIMITED 1998-05-06 → present
- WILLABY FINE ART PUBLISHING LIMITED 1989-07-10 → 1998-05-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £85,965,481 | £91,010,139 | |
| Operating profit | £2,309,697 | £3,599,127 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,530,668 | £3,782,660 | |
| Net profit | £1,677,729 | £2,656,609 | |
| Cash | £5,734,351 | £3,382,242 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,738,168 | £40,187,668 | |
| Net assets | £33,614,741 | £36,271,350 | |
| Equity | £33,614,741 | £36,271,350 | |
| Average employees | 498 | 520 | |
| Wages | £19,756,140 | £21,799,895 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.23x | 2.58x | |
| Interest cover | 545.90x | 1751.40x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After careful consideration of these factors and other factors, the directors consider that the forecasts prepared are achievable and that whilst uncertainty exists, this does not pose a material uncertainty that would cast doubt on the Company's ability to continue to operate and meets its liabilities as they fall due for payment throughout the forecast period, which is a period of at least 12 months from signing of the accounts. On this basis, the directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DE MONTFORT FINE ART LIMITED · parent
- Whitewall Galleries Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSELL, Mark John | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | — | — |
| ANSELL, Mark John | Director | 2007-05-18 | Jan 1952 | British |
| BALL, Rebecca Victoria Mary | Director | 2015-04-15 | Feb 1980 | British |
| BUTTERWICK, Beth Janet | Director | 2023-11-16 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CHEETHAM, Grenvill | Director | 2019-08-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
| GODSON, Lynn | Director | 2002-01-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HILL, Sara | Director | 2005-05-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
| SWABY, Helen Elizabeth | Director | — | Jun 1959 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, Damian Patrick | Secretary | 2007-05-18 | 2016-09-01 |
| HILLIARD, John Gregory | Secretary | 1998-05-05 | 2000-04-30 |
| SWABY, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2000-05-01 | 2007-05-18 |
| SWABY, Helen Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1998-05-05 |
| DAVIES, Louis | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-12-04 |
| FERGUSON, Damian Patrick | Director | 2007-05-18 | 2016-09-01 |
| GAEDE, Sven Willi Swithin | Director | 2021-06-01 | 2022-12-08 |
| HALLIWELL, Giles | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2002-04-30 |
| KEARNS, Jonathan Peter Stephen | Director | 2007-05-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| NEWBERY, Robin | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| WILLIS, David Paul | Director | — | 1996-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amorartis Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-07-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-16 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-07 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2021-08-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-08-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+5.9%
£85,965,481 £91,010,139
-
Cash
-41%
£5,734,351 £3,382,242
-
Net assets
+7.9%
£33,614,741 £36,271,350
-
Employees
+4.4%
498 520
-
Operating profit
+55.8%
£2,309,697 £3,599,127
-
Profit before tax
+49.5%
£2,530,668 £3,782,660
-
Wages
+10.3%
£19,756,140 £21,799,895
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers