LAWSONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£8.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£88m
Equity attributable
Employees
762
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.2m
Period ending 2024-06-30
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £163,280,945 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,406,246 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,204,894 | — | |
| Net profit | -£190,875 | — | |
| Cash | £8,508,499 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,188,997 | — | |
| Net assets | £87,717,219 | — | |
| Equity | £87,717,219 | — | |
| Average employees | 762 | — | |
| Wages | £28,750,886 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,233,627 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 6.26x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. We have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LAWSONS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- AVS Fencing Supplies Limited 100%
- AVS Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Briants of Risborough Limited 100%
- Bury Hill Landscape Supplies Limited 100%
- Crowthorne Fencing Systems Limited 100%
- Hertfordshire Building Supplies Limited 100%
- Hertfordshire Timber and Building Supplies Limited 100%
- Hertfordshire Timber Supplies Limited 100%
- Lawsons (Whetstone) Limited 100%
- Oxford Fencing Supplies Limited 100%
- Southill Sawmills Limited 100%
- The Landscape Centre Limited 100%
- Witham Timber (Boston) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the period, the Group amended its Accounting Reference Date to 31 December to provide easier comparability with other public and private limited companies which operate in the sector.”
- “The Group also acquired the entire ordinary share capital of Bury Hill Landscape Supplies Limited ("Bury Hill") on 1 October 2025. This represents the Group's 10th acquisition since 2020.”
- “On 20 March 2026 John Lawson gifted 250,000 ordinary shares in the Group and Company to the Lawsons Non-Family Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust") and Simon Lawson gifted 5,000 ordinary shares in the Group and Company to the Lawsons Non-Family Employee Benefit Trust ("the Trust"). The Trust now holds 51%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2024-05-13 | Mar 1981 | British |
| LAWSON, John Edmund Maltby | Director | 2003-07-02 | May 1932 | British |
| LAWSON, Simon John | Director | 2003-07-02 | Mar 1960 | British |
| PITTINGALE, Allun | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | 2018-07-31 |
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Secretary | 2003-07-02 | 2004-04-26 |
| DOWDESWELL, Alexander Stuart | Secretary | 2004-04-26 | 2007-12-10 |
| HARDMAN, Jane Maria | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | 2018-04-12 |
| RUSHENT, Paul Julian | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Secretary | 2018-04-12 | 2018-06-29 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Secretary | 2007-12-10 | 2016-07-01 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-07-02 | 2003-07-02 |
| BENTON, Paul Walter | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2022-08-25 |
| COOKE, Simon Henry | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2007-02-20 |
| GRIFFITHS, Emrys John | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2023-10-31 |
| INZANI, Guiseppe | Director | 2009-04-17 | 2013-12-25 |
| MUNKLEY, Anthony | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| NORRIS, Jeremy Nicholas | Director | 2015-07-09 | 2025-05-31 |
| RUSHENT, Paul Julian | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| SEXTON, Paul William | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2020-05-08 |
| WELLER, David Roy | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-07-02 | 2003-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon John Lawson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Christopher Mark Harrison | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Mr Ciaran Gregory Morton | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Andrew Henshaw | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2026-03-20 | Active |
| Mr John Edmund Maltby Lawson | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-10 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.