Lawrence Clarke Ltd
Reference number: 131460
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 36 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1998
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Best Practice IFA Group Limited Reference number: 223112 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Lawrence Clarke Ltd (FRN 131460) is an AR of Best Practice IFA Group Limited (FRN 223112). When you use Lawrence Clarke's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Lawrence Clarke, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Pavillion 2, Little Park Farm Road, Segensworth, Hants, PO15 5TD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When lawrenceclarke.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01489 505200 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO15 5TD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Lawrence Clarke Financial Planning Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Best Practice IFA Group Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company name
- LAWRENCE CLARKE LIMITED
- Company number
- 03679668 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 December 1998 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Pavilion 2 Little Park Farm Road, Segensworth, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 5TD
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Clarke | Director | Sep 1951 | 7 Dec 1998 | 6 other companies |
| Dennis William Stuart | Director | May 1939 | 8 Apr 1999 | 9 other companies |
| Rebecca Clarke | Director | Dec 1978 | 27 May 2020 | 1 other company |
| Anne Patricia Bowes | Director | Jan 1968 | 22 Dec 2022 | None |
| Christopher David Budd | Director | Jul 1967 | 1 May 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Andrew Richard Eilfield | Director | May 1965 | 1 May 2024 | 9 other companies |
| Dennis William Stuart | Secretary | Not published | 7 Jun 2021 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 26
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 26 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 6 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£658k
+23% from £537k
Cash at bank
£215k
−29% from £301k
Employees (average)
20
+11% from 18
Owed within a year
£186k
+4.9% from £178k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03679668. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Lawrence Clarke’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
28 September 2023
- Lawrence Clarke Employee Ownership Trustees Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Lawrence Clarke became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1998
7 December 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1990
1 January 1990
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 22
Firms connected to Lawrence Clarke
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Lawrence Clarke. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Lawrence Clarke
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Portsmouth (PO) postcode area
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 27 events in its history
- 5 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk