LAWRENCE DAVID LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01110305 · ltd · incorporated 1973-04-26

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 29202

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 12 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

18 live charges · 12 lenders · oldest 49.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 49.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 12 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

18 charges (18/18 with lender, 18/18 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (5 active, 24 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

198 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,601,202

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£2.60M	£2.75M
Average employees	243	25200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (93 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
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address · AD04
2025-08-14
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-08-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-14
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Charge satisfied #8
2025-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-15
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Korporacja Ubezpieczen Kredytow Eksportowych S.A.
2024-11-15
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Bnp Paribas Bank Polska S.A.
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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mortgage · MR05
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #16
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #15
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #14
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #12
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #11
2024-05-16
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Charge satisfied #10
2023-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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officers · TM01
2023-03-31
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CURZON, Christopher Colin resigned
director
2022-08-31
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-31
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2022-07-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-10
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MARSHALL, Laurence David resigned
director
2022-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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MCEVOY, Benjamin Mark appointed
director
2022-07-01
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WARD, Christopher Alan appointed
director
2021-06-15
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MORTON, Ian appointed
director
2020-11-13
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MORTON, Ian appointed
secretary
2020-07-24
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YALLOP, Paul resigned
secretary
2019-07-31
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TODD, Jonathan resigned
director
2019-04-15
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CURZON, Christopher Colin appointed
director
2019-01-17
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GRAHAM, Emma resigned
secretary
2019-01-17
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YALLOP, Paul appointed
secretary
2018-11-01
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BRATTON, Paul resigned
director
2018-10-01
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BRATTON, Paul appointed
director
2018-10-01
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MARSHALL, Lawrence resigned
director
2018-09-26
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Charge satisfied #13
2018-09-26
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Charge satisfied #9
2018-09-26
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Charge satisfied #7
2018-02-28
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BLACKWELL, Martin resigned
director
2018-02-28
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RICHARDSON, Andrew resigned
director

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Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Wielton S.A. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Wielton S.A.

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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LAWRENCE DAVID LIMITED

This company · 01110305

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
Wielton S.A. Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/10/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Laurence David Marshallceased 01/10/2018· 25-50% shares
Mr Lawrence Marshallceased 01/10/2018· 25-50% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1973-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC29202 — SIC 29202

Registered office

Woodston Point

Shrewsbury Avenue

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire

PE2 7LB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14