Sarah Ferguson: Six linked companies to be dissolved after Epstein revelations
Sarah Ferguson is facing a fresh business fallout after documents show six companies linked to her are being wound down and set to be struck off the Companies House register unless legal cause is shown to prevent it.
Sarah Ferguson companies set to be struck off
Documents lodged with Companies House show that six firms for which Sarah Ferguson was the sole director are due to be removed from the register. The companies named in the filings are S Phoenix Events, Fergie's Farm, La Luna Investments, Solamoon Ltd, Philanthrepreneur Ltd and Planet Partners Productions Ltd. Five of the companies list an application to strike the company off the register; S Phoenix Events additionally lists Sarah Ferguson as the person who authenticated the strike-off application on the company’s behalf.
All six businesses were established more than a decade ago and are largely classed as dormant, with very little or no recent commercial activity recorded. Listings indicate that the firms will stop trading and cease to exist if no legal objection is raised within the period specified by the registry.
The filings also note that among the group there are businesses connected to public relations and to retail, though none of the companies has a notable public profile. Sarah Ferguson remains an active director for three other registered businesses: Ginger and Moss, Coat and Librasol, which continue to appear on the official register.
Epstein files trigger closures and wider fallout
The strike-off applications come in the wake of fresh revelations contained in the Epstein files, which include email exchanges suggesting Ferguson sought financial advice from Jeffrey Epstein while he was in custody. One exchange indicates she asked for help dealing with a reported £6m debt pile; other messages set out personal and emotional appeals to Epstein at times after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Being named in the files is not an indication of criminal wrongdoing.
The documents and subsequent public attention have already produced other consequences for the former duchess. Her charity, Sarah's Trust, announced it would close “for the foreseeable future, ” and several charities revoked patronage ties. Publication plans were also disrupted: a planned new book was cancelled last autumn and thousands of copies were pulped after she was stripped of her royal divorcee title.
Company filings show that Sarah Ferguson officially amended her registered name on multiple corporate records from Sarah Duchess of York to Sarah Margaret Ferguson late last year. A spokesperson for the former duchess has been approached for comment in relation to the company closures and the material from the files.
What happens next
If no legal cause is shown to prevent the strike-off applications, the six companies will be removed from the register within the statutory window set out by Companies House. The listed closures, combined with the earlier charity and publishing fallout, mark a notable contraction of public and private ties linked to the former duchess as the material in the Epstein files continues to prompt action across organisations and business interests.
