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The Law Debenture Corporation P.L.C.

Law Debenture is a unique combination of an award-winning UK Equity Income Investment Trust and AIC Next generation Dividend Hero underpinned by a leading Independent Professional Services (IPS) business. We provide pension trusteeship, corporate secretarial services and entity management, corporate trusteeship, escrows, service of process and structured finance services. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 136 years old · 36th oldest PLC on the register · incorporated in the 1880s

Company number00030397
StatusActive
Incorporated12/12/1889
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier2138006E39QX7XV6PP21
Charges outstanding3

Registered office

8TH FLOOR, 100 BISHOPSGATE, LONDON, EC2N 4AG

Other PLCs registered in London

Online

Website www.lawdebenture.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, Instagram

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Group structure

It is the immediate parent of 8 entities:

  • ELVET MORTGAGES 2026-1 PLC
  • LAW DEBENTURE IRELAND (TRUSTEES) LIMITED
  • LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION P.L.C.(THE)
  • THE LAW DEBENTURE TRUST CORPORATION (CHANNEL ISLANDS) LIMITED
  • BEAGLE NOMINEES LIMITED
  • LAW DEBENTURE FINANCE P.L.C.
  • SYNGENTA PENSIONS TRUSTEE LIMITED
  • ASTRAZENECA PENSIONS TRUSTEE LIMITED

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 582 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 04/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 01/05/2026.

Filings: share capital79
Filings: accounts8
Filings: confirmation statements5
Filings: resolutions4
Filings: officer changes3
Filings: charges1

The most recent filings

Share capital change 07/08/2026
Share capital change 03/08/2026
Share capital change 31/07/2026
Share capital change 29/07/2026
Resolution filed 17/05/2026
Group accounts 04/05/2026
Confirmation statement 01/05/2026
Charge registered or satisfied 29/01/2026
Share capital change 07/01/2026
Share capital change 06/01/2026

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 8 current officers and 33 who have resigned.

LAW DEBENTURE CORPORATE SERVICES LTD Corporate secretaryappointed 19/09/2000
Clare Victoria Askem Directorappointed 10/06/2021
Claire Elizabeth Catherine Finn Directorappointed 02/09/2019
Robert Charles Anthony Hingley Directorappointed 01/10/2017
Patricia Houston Directorappointed 02/09/2020
Denis Jackson Directorappointed 01/01/2018
Parwinder Singh Purewal Directorappointed 16/12/2021
Maarten Frederik Slendebroek Directorappointed 11/01/2024

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 11 registered charges, of which 3 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Prudential Trustee Company Limited
Outstanding, created 02/11/2021
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 22/01/2021
A registered charge
Prudential Trustee Company Limited (The Trustee)
Outstanding, created 25/09/2015
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 23/09/2014
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 23/07/2013
Trust deed and entered into by the law debenture corporation P.L.C. ("the guarantor") and
Prudential Trustee Company Limited as Trustee for the Holders of the Bonds
Outstanding, created 12/10/1999
Credit agreement
Bank of Montreal
Fully satisfied, created 29/01/1981
Supplemental agrement
Bank of Montreal
Fully satisfied, created 20/04/1977

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

On the register

  • 36th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1880s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)