MANCHESTER ART GALLERY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04465391 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-20

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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 7.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

24 officers (9 active, 24 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3400	3400

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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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 (60 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-10-30
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MCKEON, Vanda Jeanette appointed
director
2025-10-30
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officers · AP01
2025-10-14
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HINDLE, Paul Robert resigned
director
2025-10-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
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officers · AP01
2025-08-26
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SHEDLOCK, Alison Janet appointed
director
2025-04-16
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HETHERINGTON, Thom resigned
director
2025-04-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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CHARLTON, Diane Andrea appointed
director
2022-12-08
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HAWKES, Robin appointed
director
2022-05-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-20
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officers · AP01
2021-12-14
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PALMER, Andrew Graham appointed
director
2021-12-14
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WOOD, Stuart Paul appointed
director
2021-11-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-08
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HAIGH, Amy appointed
secretary
2021-11-08
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officers · AP03
2021-11-05
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ENTWISTLE, Timothy John resigned
director
2021-09-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-08-13
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MCKENZIE, Charles resigned
secretary
2020-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
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HINDLE, Paul Robert appointed
director
2020-02-19
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ROSEWELL, Rachel Anne resigned
director
2019-07-12
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BEGGS, Joanne Laura resigned
secretary
2019-07-12
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MCKENZIE, Charles appointed
secretary
2018-11-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Manchester City Galleries Trust
2018-02-01
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ENTWISTLE, Timothy John appointed
director
2017-11-03
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HAUGH, Rachel Jane resigned
director
2017-05-03
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WALLACE, Amanda Susan appointed
director
2017-05-03
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ROSEWELL, Rachel Anne appointed
director
2017-04-18
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HETHERINGTON, Thom appointed
director
2014-09-11
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MOSS, Robert James appointed
director
2014-09-11
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MCKEOWN, Charles Francis resigned
director
2014-06-19
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CONN, Stephen Leonard resigned
director
2012-07-12
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BEGGS, Joanne Laura appointed
secretary
2012-07-12
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YOUNG, Valerie Morrison resigned
secretary
2011-05-06
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TOPHAM, David James resigned
director
2009-11-10
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CONN, Stephen Leonard appointed
director
2009-01-28
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TANDY, Virginia Ann, Dr resigned
secretary
2009-01-28
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YOUNG, Valerie Morrison appointed
secretary
2007-12-21
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MCKEOWN, Charles Francis appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Manchester City Galleries Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Manchester City Galleries Trust

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MANCHESTER ART GALLERY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 04465391

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Manchester City Galleries Trust Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/06/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Manchester Art Gallery

Mosley Street

Manchester

M2 3JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-23

Last: 2026-05-09