LAWSONS (WHETSTONE) LIMITED, AL4 0PG : Companies House Number 02790259

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Shareholders' funds

£48,242,440

Balance sheet as at 2021-06-30

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continues to be that of timber and builders merchants.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1993-02-16
Employees: 504 (2021 accounts · was 459 in 2020)
Registered office: Tyttenhanger Farm, Coursers Road, Colney Heath, Hertfordshire, AL4 0PG
Postcode: AL4 0PG
Capital: 50,000 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 10 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-10-31
Next due by: 2026-11-14

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Nature of business (SIC)

46730 Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment

Officers 7 current · 24 resigned

Allun PITTINGALE Director

Appointed 2025-09-01

Ciaran Gregory MORTON Director

Appointed 2025-07-01

David William PETERSON Director

Appointed 2025-04-01

Christopher Mark HARRISON Director

Appointed 2024-05-13

MR John Edmund Maltby LAWSON Director

Appointed 1993-04-28

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by LAWSONS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-07

THE LANDSCAPE CENTRE HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5667228 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

3.6%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: lawsons.co.uk
Phone: 01727226666

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
EXCEPTGAIN PROJECTS LIMITED	1993-04-30

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
1208 HIGH ROAD, WHETSTONE, LONDON, N20 0LL	2007-08-17
UNIT 4 2-10 CARLISLE ROAD, COLINDALE, LONDON, NW9 0HN	1996-01-25
UNIT A, 2-10 CARLISLE RODD, COLINDALE, LONDON,NW9 OHN	1993-05-06
2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB	1993-05-04

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 11 similar companies in AL

The largest employer among its local peers (504 staff).

Trading since 1993.

38 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors St. Albans

2. ALLNEEDS GROUP LIMITED

£7,053,745
3. ALLNEEDS BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION DEPOT LIMITED

£4,952,766
4. OXFORD FENCING SUPPLIES LIMITED

£4,326,530
5. JJ ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED

£3,240,175
6. HERTFORDSHIRE TIMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED

£2,506,697

This company ranks 1 among wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment in St. Albans.

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The class of 1993

49%

of the 25,071 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Leasehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2022-01-18
Where: Greater London (2), Buckinghamshire (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
BM455101	Buckinghamshire	Leasehold	2022-01-18	—
TGL332702	Greater London	Leasehold	2011-02-03	—
TGL332706	Greater London	Leasehold	2011-02-03	—

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