CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE LAWRENCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05852489 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-20

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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WAKEFORD, Helen Mary appointed
director
2026-06-01
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DARVILL, Paul Andrew resigned
director
2026-06-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-31
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BONNEYWELL, David resigned
director
2022-10-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-08-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-04
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-25
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MUIR, Graham Macdonald resigned
director
2021-07-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
➕
BONNEYWELL, David appointed
director
2019-11-29
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DARVILL, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2019-11-29
➕
MUIR, Graham Macdonald appointed
director
2013-06-20
➖
BURTON, Peter resigned
director
2010-08-18
➕
LINLEY, Joanne appointed
secretary
2010-08-18
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LINLEY, Joanne appointed
director
2010-08-18
➖
HUGHES, Graham John resigned
secretary
2010-08-18
➖
BATTEN, David Henry Cary resigned
director
2010-08-18
➕
BURTON, Peter appointed
director
2010-08-18
➖
HUGHES, Graham John resigned
director
2006-06-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Church House Pension Trustees Limited
2006-06-20
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Company incorporated
As CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE LAWRENCE LIMITED
2006-06-20
➕
LAWRENCE, Anthony David appointed
director
2006-06-20
➕
LAWRENCE, Lynne appointed
director
2006-06-20
➕
HUGHES, Graham John appointed
secretary
2006-06-20
➕
BATTEN, David Henry Cary appointed
director
2006-06-20
➕
HUGHES, Graham John appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAWRENCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Tpp Nominees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Tpp Nominees Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CH PROPERTY TRUSTEE LAWRENCE LIMITED

This company · 05852489

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
Tpp Nominees Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/11/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

The Pensions Partnership Limitedceased 29/11/2019· board control · firm interest

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Suite B & C, First Floor Milford House

43-55 Milford Street

Salisbury

SP1 2BP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last: 2025-07-14