THE LONDON UNDERWRITING CENTRE LIMITED

Company summary

Insolvency history recorded

Company number: 02353345
Status: DISSOLVED
Incorporated / age: 28 February 198931 years
Registered office: 15 Canada Square, London, E14 5GL
Accounts due: Not available
Confirmation statement due: Not available
Active officers: 0
Outstanding charges: 0
Insolvency cases: 1
Current insolvency status: None recorded

Sourced from Companies House, retrieved 19 September 2026 at 15:25 UTC. This is public register information, not a credit or legal assessment.

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Company type
Private limited company
Address
15 Canada Square, London, E14 5GL
Nature of business
Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Previous company names
MARKET BUILDING (MANAGEMENT SERVICES) LIMITED
SHELFCO (NO. 400) LIMITED

Insolvency

Cases: 1

Current Companies House status: No current status recorded

The cases below are historical or concluded; they are not labelled as a current insolvency.

Members voluntary liquidation
Case 1
Wound up
18 September 2018
Dissolved on
30 July 2020
Practitioners
- Mark Jeremy Orton
  Insolvency practitioner
  Appointed
  18 September 2018
- Nicholas James Timpson
  Insolvency practitioner
  Appointed
  18 September 2018

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
BRACKEN, Jonathan Robert ACTIVE	Secretary	12 Dec 2001				152 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LL
LAY, Richard Neville ACTIVE	Director	16 Jul 2005		England	October 1938	49, Linver Road, Fulham, London, SW6 3RA, United Kingdom
BRACKEN, Jonathan Robert RESIGNED	Secretary	01 Apr 1994	10 Oct 1995			15 Westleigh Avenue, Putney, London, SW15 6RF
TRACE, David John Arthur RESIGNED	Secretary		01 Apr 1994			88 Burbage Road, London, SE24 9HE
WHALE, Michael RESIGNED	Secretary	10 Oct 1995	28 Oct 1997			Halls Cottage 37 Peaks Hill, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3JJ
YOUNG, Peter Victor RESIGNED	Secretary	28 Oct 1997	29 Nov 2001			37 Monks Drive, London, W3 0EB
ABBOTT, Peter Richard RESIGNED	Director	19 Mar 2002	31 Oct 2004		March 1950	85 Bantocks Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0XT
ARPEL, John David RESIGNED	Director	19 Aug 1992	18 Mar 1994		September 1949	11 Rue Des Vosges, 68220 Heggenheim, France
ATKINS, Stephen Arthur RESIGNED	Director	26 Nov 1996	13 Jan 2000		May 1951	79 Mountnessing Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9EZ
BARFOD, Anne Mette RESIGNED	Director	12 May 2005	10 Oct 2007		January 1970	69 Netheravon Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2NB
BLAKE, Victor Harold RESIGNED	Director	23 Sep 1999	15 Jul 2005		October 1935	Knights Mead, Broad Highway, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2RR
BLAKE, Victor Harold RESIGNED	Director		26 May 1997		October 1935	Knights Mead, Broad Highway, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2RR
BLUNT, Vernon Geoffrey RESIGNED	Director	09 Dec 2004	22 Feb 2007		November 1965	13 Lewiston Close, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 8DL
BUTCHER, John Stratton RESIGNED	Director		22 Feb 1992		September 1942	32 Calder Avenue, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7AG
CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1994	10 Jun 1999		September 1945	22 Briarwood Road, Clapham, London, SW4 9PX
CANE, Stephen Paul RESIGNED	Director	15 Apr 1997	13 Nov 1998		July 1953	53 High Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4SZ
COOPER, Peter James RESIGNED	Director	20 Jul 1999	02 Oct 2000		November 1954	Woodland View, 4 Brassey Close, Limpsfield, Surrey, RH8 0EX
DASHFIELD, Michael John RESIGNED	Director	30 May 2002	10 Oct 2007		May 1960	Brett House Mill Lane, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5JT
DAVIES, Michael Frederick RESIGNED	Director	19 Aug 1992	31 Dec 1996		March 1947	13 Orchard Avenue, Woodham, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3EA
DEAN, Ian Hall RESIGNED	Director		17 Jan 1996		September 1944	Lawn Cottage, 27 West Hill Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LE
DENNING, Charles Henry David RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1994	28 Apr 1998		May 1933	Bewl Bridge Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8JJ
DODDS, Gerald Vincent RESIGNED	Director	31 Jan 2001	21 Mar 2005		April 1964	11 Hillway, Westcliff On Sea, Essex, SS0 8QA
DOWLING, John Patrick RESIGNED	Director		16 Feb 1994		April 1944	The Spinney Kiln Lane, Binfield Heath Henley On Thames, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG9 4EH
DOWSON, Ian Gerald RESIGNED	Director	01 Jun 2005	14 Sep 2018	United Kingdom	October 1953	130 Western Avenue, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1LS
ELSTON, Andrew Henry RESIGNED	Director	19 Mar 2002	31 Mar 2004	England	February 1968	6 Hove Court, Raymond Road Easte Wimbledon, London, SW19 4AG
FORNESS, Robert Joseph RESIGNED	Director	28 Apr 1998	07 Jun 2000		October 1965	68 Blackheath Park, Blackheath, London, SE3 0ET
GRANT, Andrew George RESIGNED	Director	07 Jun 2000	31 Mar 2002		August 1942	Wallfauld, Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1EA
HADDON, Kenneth William RESIGNED	Director		31 Mar 2002	United Kingdom	April 1938	Greenacres, 11 Staines Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2LN
JONES, Nicholas Anthony RESIGNED	Director	31 Jan 2001	31 Mar 2002	United Kingdom	December 1952	9 Cardigan Mansions, 19 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6RD
LATHAM, Anthony Piers RESIGNED	Director	19 Aug 1992	01 Apr 1994	United Kingdom	April 1950	Wyngates, Pennymead Drive, East Horsley, Surrey, KT24 5AH
LEWIS, Wayne RESIGNED	Director	04 Apr 2005	10 Oct 2007	England	November 1958	The Zurich Centre, 3000 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 7JZ
MARCELL, Philip Michael RESIGNED	Director	19 Aug 1992	31 Mar 1998		August 1936	Weavers End, Church Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2BJ
ORTON, Robert William John RESIGNED	Director	02 Nov 2004	10 Oct 2007	United Kingdom	May 1968	51 Sumatra Road, West Hampstead, London, NW6 1PT
PAUMIER, Jean-Pierre RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1994	27 Nov 1996		July 1946	21 Hartswood Road, London, W12 9NE
RIDDICK, John RESIGNED	Director	19 Aug 1992	01 Apr 1994		April 1946	22 Stanhopes, Limpsfield, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0TY
SPRAWSON, John Anthony RESIGNED	Director	01 Feb 1995	31 May 2005		January 1944	High Trees Manor Park, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5QE
STEVENS, Dennis RESIGNED	Director	10 Jun 1999	31 Jan 2001		July 1954	145 Westland Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3RX
TAYLOR, Simon Richard RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 2004	09 Dec 2004		November 1955	The Coach House, Priory Gardens Chesterton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3UB
THOMPSON, Alan RESIGNED	Director		01 Apr 1994		May 1940	48 Blunts Wood Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1NB
TRACE, David John Arthur RESIGNED	Director	01 Apr 1994	30 Jul 1999	United Kingdom	July 1945	88 Burbage Road, London, SE24 9HE
WEST, Barry Robert RESIGNED	Director		01 Jun 1992		July 1933	88 Hermitage Road, Higham, Rochester, Kent, ME3 7NB
YOUNG, Peter Victor RESIGNED	Director	31 Jan 2002	12 Jul 2004	England	March 1946	37 Monks Drive, London, W3 0EB

BRACKEN, Jonathan Robert ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 12 Dec 2001
Address: 152 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LL

LAY, Richard Neville ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 16 Jul 2005
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1938
Address: 49, Linver Road, Fulham, London, SW6 3RA, United Kingdom

BRACKEN, Jonathan Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1994
Resigned on: 10 Oct 1995
Address: 15 Westleigh Avenue, Putney, London, SW15 6RF

TRACE, David John Arthur RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Apr 1994
Address: 88 Burbage Road, London, SE24 9HE

WHALE, Michael RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 10 Oct 1995
Resigned on: 28 Oct 1997
Address: Halls Cottage 37 Peaks Hill, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3JJ

YOUNG, Peter Victor RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 28 Oct 1997
Resigned on: 29 Nov 2001
Address: 37 Monks Drive, London, W3 0EB

ABBOTT, Peter Richard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Oct 2004
Date of birth: March 1950
Address: 85 Bantocks Road, Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 0XT

ARPEL, John David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Aug 1992
Resigned on: 18 Mar 1994
Date of birth: September 1949
Address: 11 Rue Des Vosges, 68220 Heggenheim, France

ATKINS, Stephen Arthur RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 26 Nov 1996
Resigned on: 13 Jan 2000
Date of birth: May 1951
Address: 79 Mountnessing Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 9EZ

BARFOD, Anne Mette RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 12 May 2005
Resigned on: 10 Oct 2007
Date of birth: January 1970
Address: 69 Netheravon Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2NB

BLAKE, Victor Harold RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 23 Sep 1999
Resigned on: 15 Jul 2005
Date of birth: October 1935
Address: Knights Mead, Broad Highway, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2RR

BLAKE, Victor Harold RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 26 May 1997
Date of birth: October 1935
Address: Knights Mead, Broad Highway, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 2RR

BLUNT, Vernon Geoffrey RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Dec 2004
Resigned on: 22 Feb 2007
Date of birth: November 1965
Address: 13 Lewiston Close, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 8DL

BUTCHER, John Stratton RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 22 Feb 1992
Date of birth: September 1942
Address: 32 Calder Avenue, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7AG

CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1994
Resigned on: 10 Jun 1999
Date of birth: September 1945
Address: 22 Briarwood Road, Clapham, London, SW4 9PX

CANE, Stephen Paul RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Apr 1997
Resigned on: 13 Nov 1998
Date of birth: July 1953
Address: 53 High Road, Hockley, Essex, SS5 4SZ

COOPER, Peter James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 02 Oct 2000
Date of birth: November 1954
Address: Woodland View, 4 Brassey Close, Limpsfield, Surrey, RH8 0EX

DASHFIELD, Michael John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 May 2002
Resigned on: 10 Oct 2007
Date of birth: May 1960
Address: Brett House Mill Lane, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5JT

DAVIES, Michael Frederick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Aug 1992
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1996
Date of birth: March 1947
Address: 13 Orchard Avenue, Woodham, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3EA

DEAN, Ian Hall RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 17 Jan 1996
Date of birth: September 1944
Address: Lawn Cottage, 27 West Hill Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LE

DENNING, Charles Henry David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1994
Resigned on: 28 Apr 1998
Date of birth: May 1933
Address: Bewl Bridge Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8JJ

DODDS, Gerald Vincent RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2001
Resigned on: 21 Mar 2005
Date of birth: April 1964
Address: 11 Hillway, Westcliff On Sea, Essex, SS0 8QA

DOWLING, John Patrick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 16 Feb 1994
Date of birth: April 1944
Address: The Spinney Kiln Lane, Binfield Heath Henley On Thames, Reading, Oxfordshire, RG9 4EH

DOWSON, Ian Gerald RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jun 2005
Resigned on: 14 Sep 2018
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: October 1953
Address: 130 Western Avenue, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1LS

ELSTON, Andrew Henry RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Mar 2002
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2004
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1968
Address: 6 Hove Court, Raymond Road Easte Wimbledon, London, SW19 4AG

FORNESS, Robert Joseph RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Apr 1998
Resigned on: 07 Jun 2000
Date of birth: October 1965
Address: 68 Blackheath Park, Blackheath, London, SE3 0ET

GRANT, Andrew George RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Jun 2000
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2002
Date of birth: August 1942
Address: Wallfauld, Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1EA

HADDON, Kenneth William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2002
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: April 1938
Address: Greenacres, 11 Staines Green, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2LN

JONES, Nicholas Anthony RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2001
Resigned on: 31 Mar 2002
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: December 1952
Address: 9 Cardigan Mansions, 19 Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6RD

LATHAM, Anthony Piers RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Aug 1992
Resigned on: 01 Apr 1994
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: April 1950
Address: Wyngates, Pennymead Drive, East Horsley, Surrey, KT24 5AH

LEWIS, Wayne RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Apr 2005
Resigned on: 10 Oct 2007
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1958
Address: The Zurich Centre, 3000 Parkway, Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 7JZ

MARCELL, Philip Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Aug 1992
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1998
Date of birth: August 1936
Address: Weavers End, Church Lane, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 2BJ

ORTON, Robert William John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 02 Nov 2004
Resigned on: 10 Oct 2007
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1968
Address: 51 Sumatra Road, West Hampstead, London, NW6 1PT

PAUMIER, Jean-Pierre RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1994
Resigned on: 27 Nov 1996
Date of birth: July 1946
Address: 21 Hartswood Road, London, W12 9NE

RIDDICK, John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Aug 1992
Resigned on: 01 Apr 1994
Date of birth: April 1946
Address: 22 Stanhopes, Limpsfield, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0TY

SPRAWSON, John Anthony RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Feb 1995
Resigned on: 31 May 2005
Date of birth: January 1944
Address: High Trees Manor Park, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5QE

STEVENS, Dennis RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 10 Jun 1999
Resigned on: 31 Jan 2001
Date of birth: July 1954
Address: 145 Westland Avenue, Hornchurch, Essex, RM11 3RX

TAYLOR, Simon Richard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 2004
Resigned on: 09 Dec 2004
Date of birth: November 1955
Address: The Coach House, Priory Gardens Chesterton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 3UB

THOMPSON, Alan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Apr 1994
Date of birth: May 1940
Address: 48 Blunts Wood Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1NB

TRACE, David John Arthur RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Apr 1994
Resigned on: 30 Jul 1999
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1945
Address: 88 Burbage Road, London, SE24 9HE

WEST, Barry Robert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Jun 1992
Date of birth: July 1933
Address: 88 Hermitage Road, Higham, Rochester, Kent, ME3 7NB

YOUNG, Peter Victor RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2002
Resigned on: 12 Jul 2004
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1946
Address: 37 Monks Drive, London, W3 0EB

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