Lawrence Kenwright, founder of the Liverpool-based Signature Group, has been disqualified from acting as a company director for five years, the Insolvency Service announced on 18 August 2026. The ban, which started that Tuesday and runs until 2031, follows losses of more than £4.8 million for investors in Signature Works Gold Limited, a connected company of which he was sole registered director.

According to the Insolvency Service, Kenwright allowed the company to distribute promotional material containing false and misleading information. The material stated or implied that investors in desk space at three Liverpool city centre properties would gain a legal interest registered at Land Registry; investigators found the company owned no registered freehold or leasehold interest in any of the three. Investor returns stopped after September 2019. When the company was wound up in the public interest in December 2022, it had assets of less than £100,000 and liabilities of £4,848,654.

Kevin Read, Chief Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said Kenwright is not accused of direct fraud but that his conduct fell well below expected standards. Kenwright signed a disqualification undertaking before a scheduled trial.