Company
Five BY Five Limited
Five BY Five Limited is an active UK company (number 01444820), incorporated 1979, with 2 current directors, Nicholas Mark Lawton and Michael James Lawton. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Matthew James Lawton 2004-2008 View profile
- Stephen Mark Sponder 2001-2007 View profile
- Julian Nicholas Gee 1999-2004 View profile
- Sarah Jane Hornby 1998-2007 View profile
- Jeffrey William Ware 2007 View profile
- Mark Ian Denton 2021-2022 View profile
- Alexandra Pond 2019-2021 View profile
- Angus William Murray Fisher 2007-2019 View profile
- Keith Joy 2004-2007 View profile
- Martyn Eric Rust 1993-2004 View profile
- Anthony Pilgrim Fort Clarke 1993-2005 View profile
- Stephen John Carey 1993 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/08/1979
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Nicholas Mark Lawton
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Michael James Lawton
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Five BY Five Limited
is controlled by Nicholas Mark Lawton
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nicholas Mark Lawton.
14 other companies in this group
- Motioncast Limited
- Dragonfish Consulting LTD
- Lawtonware Limited
- Lawton Limited
- Lawton Interactive Limited
- Digital Heads Limited
- Headstream Marketing Limited
- The Stile Agency LTD
- Lawton Emarketing Limited
- Recruitweb Limited
- Lawton PR Limited
- Lawton Digital Limited
- Direct2Design Limited
- Five BY Five Digital Limited
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,952,159
- Total assets
- £1,952,159
- Cash
- £10,202
- Employees
- 8
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | £1,952,159 |
| 2025-12-31 | Not reported | £1,952,159 |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
2 directors on the board
- Nicholas Mark Lawton Director · appointed 2004
- Michael James Lawton Director
Directors past 6 years
- Nicholas Mark Lawton Director · appointed 2004
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Nicholas Mark Lawton Director · appointed 2004
- Michael James Lawton Director
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01444820
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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