Company · Penzance
LAY's Auctioneers Limited
Retail sale of antiques including antique books in stores
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Angela Elaine Noble 2023-2024 View profile
- Dominic James Lay 2021-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Retail sale of antiques including antique books in stores; Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques); Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- Incorporated
- 01/03/2019
- Registered office
- Penzance
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.
- Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-03-01 - David Lay
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-03-01
Group
- LAY's Auctioneers Limited
is controlled by Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2019-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay.
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
- £653,049
- Cash
- £223,206
- Employees
- 28
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.
3 directors on the board
- Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay Director · appointed 2019
- Caroline Lay Director · appointed 2025
- David Lay Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay Director · appointed 2019
- David Lay Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Maxine Mary Inez Connell-Lay Director · appointed 2019
- Caroline Lay Director · appointed 2025
- David Lay Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11855371
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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