Mount ST Mary's (05884126): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-08-11
- Administrators
- Danny Dartnaill, Mark Thornton
- Administrators' firm
- BDO
- Incorporated
- 2006-07-21
- Location
- Liverpool
- Industry
- 85100 Pre-primary education
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
- COVID-19
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- Weak consumer demand
- Energy costs
- Property / lease costs
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 21 July 2006 as a company limited by guarantee. The Company is a registered charity and operated two independent schools comprising Barlborough (ages 3-11) and MSM (ages 11-18, including boarding). The schools have a strong Roman Catholic ethos.
Mount St Mary’s College was founded in 1842 by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) at Spinkhill, continuing a Jesuit presence in the area dating back to the 16th century. Barlborough Hall, formerly an Elizabethan manor house located nearby, was acquired in 1939 to serve as the preparatory school.
The Company commenced trading on 1 September 2007, following which a donation of the properties and other operational assets were gifted to the Company by the Trust for Roman Catholic Purposes (“TRCP”) on 29 April 2008.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-10-09) · Companies House register