FORTNUM & MASON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

🌳Matureactive

00084909 · plc · incorporated 1905-06-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56101Licenced restaurants
56302Public houses and bars

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

31 officers (8 active, 31 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

194 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (64 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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officers · TM01
2024-01-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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VINCENT, Simon Robert resigned
director
2023-07-11
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officers · AP01
2023-07-11
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2023-06-01
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DIMBLEBY, Henry Richard Melville appointed
director
2023-06-01
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LOHAN, Tamara appointed
director
2023-01-18
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accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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officers · AP01
2021-01-18
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officers · AP01
2021-01-18
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officers · TM01
2021-01-08
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ATHRON, Tom appointed
director
2021-01-08
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CARMICHAEL, Justin appointed
director
2021-01-08
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VENTERS, Ewan Andrew resigned
director
2020-10-27
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mortgage · MR01
2020-10-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2018-08-09
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2017-04-17
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CARMICHAEL, Justin appointed
secretary
2017-04-16
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MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen resigned
secretary
2017-04-16
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MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen resigned
director
2015-07-13
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WESTON, Garth John appointed
director
2015-07-12
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KHAYAT, Jana Ruth resigned
director
2015-03-10
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METCALF, Michael Edward resigned
director
2014-06-06
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WIKSTROM, Martha Shaffer appointed
director
2014-06-06
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VINCENT, Simon Robert appointed
director
2013-07-14
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MEEHAN, Andrew David resigned
director
2013-02-01
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BURDESS, Simon Gareth resigned
director
2012-08-06
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VENTERS, Ewan Andrew appointed
director
2012-04-27
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ASPINALL, Beverley Ann resigned
director
2011-12-01
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METCALF, Michael Edward appointed
director
2011-10-31
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DALGLISH, Camilla Howard resigned
director
2011-10-31
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WESTON, Willard Gordon Galen resigned
director
2010-09-30
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BURDESS, Simon Gareth appointed
director
2008-01-14
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MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen appointed
secretary
2008-01-13
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O'NEILL, Catherine Bridget Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2007-09-17
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MCGINLEY, Nigel Stephen appointed
director
2007-08-01
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MEEHAN, Andrew David appointed
director
2007-04-17
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MASON, Edward Geoffrey resigned
director
2006-10-03
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COLLINS, Leslie John resigned
secretary
2006-10-03
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O'NEILL, Catherine Bridget Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2005-02-14
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ASPINALL, Beverley Ann appointed
director
2004-05-27
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GATES, Stuart Morrison resigned
director
2004-03-01
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MASON, Edward Geoffrey appointed
director
2002-12-19
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LITHIBY, John Grant resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

Wittington Investments Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Wittington Investments Limited

Corporate parent

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FORTNUM & MASON PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

This company · 00084909

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Wittington Investments Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeplc

Incorporated1905-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

181 Piccadilly

London

W1A 1ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-15

Last made up to: 2025-07-13

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16