DAVID LAWRENCE HOLDINGS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC750850 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-05-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-05-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-03-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-03-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-16➕SINCLAIR, Paul Leslie appointeddirector
- 2023-11-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-30📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-01-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-12-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Jonathan Mark Towers
- 2022-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs DAVID LAWRENCE HOLDINGS LTD
- 2022-11-18➕LAWRENCE, David appointedsecretary
- 2022-11-18➕LAWRENCE, David appointeddirector
- 2022-11-18➕LAWRENCE, Joanna appointeddirector
- 2022-11-18📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LAWRENCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr David Lawrence Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/11/2022 |
Mrs Joanna Lawrence Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/11/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
22 Hanover Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2EP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
LAWRENCE, David→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2022-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAWRENCE, Joanna→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2022-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SINCLAIR, Paul Leslie→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2023-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Jonathan Mark Towers / Susan Anne Towers | A registered charge | — | 21/12/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-03-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28