Quintessentially founder and onetime Conservative Party co-chairman Ben Elliot, Carrie Johnson, and former chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris outside 10 Downing Street in a show of support for Boris Johnson.

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Quintessentially, the accounting-error-prone concierge company that once organized parties at Buckingham Palace, is reportedly facing a takeover

By Hilary Rose

When the luxury concierge company Quintessentially was established more than 20 years ago, it quickly made a splash. One of its founders was Ben Elliot, whose aunt is now Queen Consort, and the company boasted that it could provide anything, anywhere, anytime.

However, after a pandemic that saw nobody needing anything, anywhere, anytime, auditors have raised concerns. Last year the company disclosed that it had previously made errors of more than $7.9 million in its accounts and paid $1.5 million of unlawful dividends to its shareholders. This year there were reports that it has received several approaches about a takeover.