LAWRIE CORNISH LIMITED
Company number 07695674 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lawrie Cornish Limited has built a valuable, debt-free information services business with over £1.1M in net assets, but its strategic trajectory is compromised by the extraction of £930k in director loans—capital that should be deployed toward growth rather than earning sub-inflation interest at 2.25%. The recent decline in net assets, combined with key person dependency and an opaque revenue model, creates urgency around capital reallocation and succession planning. The firm's survival depends on transitioning from an owner-withdrawal model to a reinvestment-and-scale model before market disruption erodes its niche advantage.
Shareholders' funds
£1,286,905
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-07-06
- Employees
- 3 (2025 accounts · was 4 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Reading Business Centre Fountain House, 2 Queens Walk, Reading, England, RG1 7QF
- Postcode
- RG1 7QF
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-27
- Next due by
- 2027-04-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 63990 Other information service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- lawriecornish.com
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 20-22 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4JS, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-11-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 201 similar companies in RG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 9 among other information service activities not elsewhere classified in Reading.
The class of 2011
20%
of the 2,404 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 79% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.