Name: Graham  Bowran

Name: LASLETT INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Date of Birth: 24 / 1 / 1962

Date Order Starts: 7 / 8 / 2025

Disqualification Length: 11 Years 0 Month(s)

CRO Number: 11690274 & 11690206

Last Known Address: 37 Gainsborough,, , , , BRACKNELL,, RG12 7WL

Conduct: Mr Graham Mark Bowran (“Mr Bowran”) caused Laslett Industries Limited (“Laslett”) to apply for a Bounce Back Loan (“BBL”) of £50,000, which was received on 10 December 2020, when Laslett was not eligible to access the scheme, resulting in the company obtaining a BBL that it was not entitled to, in breach of the BBL terms and conditions. • Under the BBL scheme, businesses could apply for a loan of between £2,000 and £50,000 subject to a maximum of up to 25% of its turnover. In order to be eligible for the scheme, businesses had to be trading as at 01 March 2020 and at the date of the BBL application. • Laslett was incorporated on 21 November 2018. • On 15 December 2019 Mr Bowran was appointed as director. • On 06 November 2020 Mr Bowran applied for a BBL on behalf of Laslett, providing a turnover figure of £250,000. Declaring, “The business is engaged in trading or commercial activity in the UK at the date of the application, was carrying on business on 1 March 2020” • On 10 December 2020 Laslett received BBL funds of £50,000. • Mr Bowran has stated that the £250,000 projected turnover he used in the BBL application was based on negotiations to supply an overseas customer. No evidence has been provided to support this. • Review of Laslett’s bank account statements shows no evidence of any trading activity prior to 17 September 2020. • Mr Bowran has provided no evidence to suggest that the company was carrying on business as of 01 March 2020. Therefore, the company was not eligible to access the BBL scheme. • On 22 May 2023 Laslett was compulsorily wound up in the public interest by the Court on the petition of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. • Total liabilities at liquidation amount to £50,866 of which £50,772 relates to the amount owed in respect of the BBL. Mr Bowran caused JP Capital Management Ltd (“JPCM”) to apply for a Bounce Back Loan (“BBL”) of £50,000, which was received on 12 November 2020, when the company was not eligible to access the scheme, which resulted in JPCM obtaining a BBL that it was not entitled to, in breach of the BBL terms and conditions. • Under the BBL scheme, businesses could apply for a loan of between £2,000 and £50,000 subject to a maximum of up to 25% of its turnover. In order to be eligible for the scheme, borrowers had to declare that their business was trading as at 01 March 2020 and at the date of the BBL application. • JPCM was incorporated on 21 November 2018. • On 15 December 2019 Mr Bowran was appointed as director. • Mr Bowran applied for a BBL on behalf of JPCM, providing a turnover figure of £250,000. Declaring, “The business is engaged in trading or commercial activity in the UK at the date of the application, was carrying on business on 1 March 2020” • On 12 November 2020 JPCM received the BBL funds of £50,000. • Review of JPCM’s bank account statements shows no evidence of any trading activity prior to 23 September 2020. • Mr Bowran has stated that the £250,000 projected turnover he used in the BBL application was based on negotiations to supply an overseas customer. No evidence has been provided to support this. • Mr Bowran has provided no evidence to suggest that the company was carrying on business as of 01 March 2020. Therefore, the company was not eligible to access the BBL scheme. • On 22 May 2023 JPCM was compulsorily wound up in the public interest by the Court on the petition of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. • Total liabilities at liquidation amount to £66,405 of which £50,000 relates to the amount owed in respect of the BBL. 

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