LAWRENCE HUNT & CO LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,789,679
Balance sheet as at 2025-05-17
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the operation of stores retailing convenience food and drink products
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-10-01
- Employees
- 479 (2025 accounts · was 460 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 40b Liverpool Road, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs, PR1 0DQ
- Postcode
- PR1 0DQ
- Capital
- 103,620 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-17
- Next due by
- 2027-02-17
- Financial year end
- 17 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-05
- Next due by
- 2026-12-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47110 Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Officers 6 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
4.67%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- lawrencehunt.co.uk
- Phone
- 01253722029, 01772702197, 01772612459
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 40B LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, LANCS, PR1 9XD | 2009-12-29 |
| 108 LIVERPOOL OLD RD, WALMER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR4 5GE | 1990-01-19 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 147 similar companies in PR
The largest employer among its local peers (479 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1974.
Competitors Preston
-
5. SUPRAV LTD
This company ranks 1 among retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating in Preston.
The class of 1974
54%
of the 5,336 companies incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 27 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 23
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-12
- Price paid, where recorded
- £729,000
- Where
- Lancashire (20), Greater Manchester (4), Merseyside (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN304679 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2025-11-12 | — |
| LAN303684 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2025-10-14 | — |
| LAN279625 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2023-10-06 | — |
| LA440629 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2022-04-20 | £700,000 |
| MAN377167 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2021-04-14 | — |
| LAN245055 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2021-03-11 | — |
| LAN241203 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2020-11-30 | — |
| LAN232857 | Blackpool | Leasehold | 2020-02-06 | — |
| LAN226347 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2019-09-18 | — |
| LAN206799 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2018-06-26 | £29,000 |
| MAN289631 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-03-29 | — |
| LAN168880 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2015-09-01 | — |
| LAN163208 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2015-03-26 | — |
| LAN9177 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2014-10-24 | — |
| MAN232441 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2014-09-03 | — |
| MS611060 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2014-04-07 | — |
| MS610941 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2014-04-02 | — |
| LAN115234 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2011-03-17 | — |
| LAN85067 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2011-01-26 | — |
| LAN85075 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2011-01-26 | — |
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