Notes
Kingscroft Estates LLP (Company No. OC359682) is a UK limited liability partnership incorporated on 19 November 2010. Its registered address is 2 Hurdwick Place, London, NW1 2JE.
HMO Prosecution
In December 2016, Kingscroft Estates pleaded guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation (HMO) at Hurdwick Place, near Mornington Crescent station. A former 4-bedroom townhouse had been subdivided into 14 bedrooms sharing one small kitchen. Camden Council inspectors found rat droppings and an unguarded flat roof. The property generated approximately £84,000 annually in rent. The company was fined £4,000 plus £4,540 in costs.
Tenants were required to pay rent in cash via envelopes placed under doors. In 2017, a property tribunal ordered Kingscroft to repay £6,363 to four tenants. The tribunal noted the cash payment arrangement appeared designed to “obscure any income audit trail.”
Sources: Camden Council press release; Camden New Journal; The Londoner; Property Industry Eye
Current Members
- Mark Richard Shooter — LLP Designated Member (since April 2015; previously LLP Member from Nov 2010, resigned Oct 2011, reappointed)
- Karajan Ltd (company 4096741) — LLP Designated Member, registered at 9 Bonhill Street, London
- Geonnais Investments Limited (Jersey company 96370) — LLP Member, registered at Gaspe House, St Helier, Jersey
Former Members
- Jeremy Frederick Benjamin
- Isaac Mocton
- Trentwood Ltd
- Melissa Shooter
Source: Companies House
Edges
Mark Shooter
Mark Shooter is an LLP Designated Member of Kingscroft Estates. Despite being a part-owner and director of the company, Shooter told the Camden New Journal he had “nothing to do with” running the prosecuted property.
Karajan Ltd
LLP Designated Member. Registered at 9 Bonhill Street — the same address as the Shooter Charitable Foundation.
Geonnais Investments Limited
Jersey-registered LLP Member. Also a member of Silverlake Estates LLP, another Shooter company.
Melissa Shooter
Former member of Kingscroft Estates LLP. Likely Mark Shooter’s spouse.
Silverlake Estates LLP
Kingscroft Estates was itself a member of Silverlake Estates LLP until August 2024, when it resigned.