CLARENDON FINE ART HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
-0.7% vs 2024
Employees
520
+4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£659K
+143.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLARENDON FINE ART HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-02-01 → present
- AMORARTIS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2021-06-22 → 2023-02-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £87,112,920 | £92,614,442 | |
| Operating profit | -£812,201 | £782,574 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,516,390 | £659,196 | |
| Net profit | -£2,369,329 | -£466,855 | |
| Cash | £5,801,161 | £3,470,098 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £68,657,460 | £64,407,461 | |
| Net assets | £62,959,798 | £62,508,443 | |
| Equity | £62,959,798 | £62,508,443 | |
| Average employees | 500 | 520 | |
| Wages | £20,592,430 | £22,748,736 |
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 | -0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.7% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.2% | 1.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | -0.99x | 3.62x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group or Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CLARENDON FINE ART HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Amorartis Midco Limited 100%
- Amorartis Bidco Limited 100%
- Amorartis Limited 100%
- De Montfort Fine Art Limited 100%
- Clarendon Fine Art US Inc 100%
- White Wall Galleries Limited 100%
- Clarendon Fine Art Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Group since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANSELL, Mark John | Director | 2021-07-20 | Jan 1952 | British |
| BUTTERWICK, Beth Janet | Director | 2023-11-16 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CHEETHAM, Grenvill | Director | 2021-07-20 | Aug 1975 | British |
| STEEL, David Alexander John | Director | 2021-06-22 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SWABY, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2021-07-20 | Jun 1959 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAEDE, Sven Willi Swithin | Director | 2021-07-20 | 2022-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Helen Elizabeth Swaby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-20 | Active |
| Eso Amoratis Investco Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-22 | Ceased 2021-07-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-01-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-07-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 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 updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-01-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2022-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-07-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-07-30 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2021-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+6.3%
£87,112,920 £92,614,442
-
Cash
-40.2%
£5,801,161 £3,470,098
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£62,959,798 £62,508,443
-
Employees
+4%
500 520
-
Operating profit
+196.4%
-£812,201 £782,574
-
Profit before tax
+143.5%
-£1,516,390 £659,196
-
Wages
+10.5%
£20,592,430 £22,748,736
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