Lawrence Tomlinson

Lawrence Neil Tomlinson (born 24 July 1964) is an English businessman, who with an estimated fortune of £550 million, who ranks 151st on the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List.

[1] Tomlinson grew up in Batley, where he attended grammar school before going on to study engineering at Huddersfield College at age 15.

After completing his studies, and whilst still in training at Holset Engineering, Tomlinson bought the care home from his parents in 1988.

[10] LNT Construction has built 20–25% of all the new elderly care homes in the UK, operating under a vertically integrated model since 2008, when Tomlinson purchased their main subcontractors for cash.

The business initially produced domestic products which, whilst demonstrating good technology, were not best suited to business-consumer sales.

In 2015, social housing provider Anchor bought 24 care homes from Ideal Carehomes in a deal worth in excess of £100m.

Tomlinson donated £40,500 to the Conservative Party during the 2019 United Kingdom general election, split across thirteen candidates.

[15][16] Throughout the year, Tomlinson worked across Government departments providing advice and feedback to civil servants, Ministers and MPs on policy ideas including; planning, red-tape and access to finance.

Opened by Damon Hill OBE in December 2007, it houses both the group headquarters and the Ginetta car factory.