East Midlands · Postcode district LE1

Corporate and overseas land ownership in LE1, Leicester

The companies and organisations that hold property in Leicester, from HM Land Registry’s corporate and overseas ownership records, with a direct line into the planning constraints for any address in the district.

Real HM Land Registry data

Real HM Land Registry data (CCOD + OCOD, October 2026) covering 2,785 postcode districts across England and Wales. Companies and organisations only; private individuals are never included.

2,548

Corporate titles

8%

Overseas-owned

193 titles

1,592

Distinct owners

£672.0m

Recorded price paid

Overseas ownership in LE1

Where the 193 overseas-owned titles in Leicesterare registered, by the owning company’s country of incorporation.

Isle Of Man
115 · 60%
British Virgin Islands
36 · 19%
Jersey
18 · 9%
Guernsey
7 · 4%
Luxembourg
4 · 2%
Gibraltar
3 · 2%
Ireland
2 · 1%
St Kitts And Nevis
2 · 1%

Largest corporate owners in Leicester

Owners holding the most indexed titles in LE1, largest first.

OwnerOriginTypeTitles
LEICESTER CITY COUNCILUK companyCorporate Body81
LEE CIRCLE RENTALS LIMITEDReg. no. 09815621UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company42
NIGHTINGALE LIMITEDOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company30
FORTRESS ESTATES LIMITEDReg. no. 07841366UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company24
MIDLAND HEART LIMITEDReg. no. 30069RUK companyCo-operative Society (Company)20
METROPOLITAN HOUSING TRUST LIMITEDReg. no. 16337RUK companyIndustrial and Provident Society (Company)18
RAKAL LIMITEDReg. no. 011984VOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company14
PRIME PADZ LIMITEDReg. no. 06895249UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company13
DLS GROVEWOOD PROPERTIES LIMITEDReg. no. 11036765UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
LEICESTER LETTINGS (2016) LIMITEDReg. no. 10149679UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITEDReg. no. 03116767UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
YZLI LIMITEDReg. no. 11892958UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company10
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLCReg. no. 1800000UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
ENVERGURE LIMITEDReg. no. 12091415UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
EYE 2 EYE LIMITEDOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company9
ASA GROUP INVESTMENTS LIMITEDReg. no. 11302458UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
BEECHWOOD TRUSTEESHIP & ADMINISTRATION LIMITEDReg. no. 05091033UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
BENLLY LIMITEDOverseasIsle Of ManLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
H.I. LIMITEDReg. no. 02684045UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8
SPRING SHADES HOLDINGS LIMITEDReg. no. 08763442UK companyLimited Company or Public Limited Company8

Types of owner in LE1

Limited Company or Public Limited Company
2,247 · 88%
Corporate Body
110 · 4%
Local Authority
84 · 3%
Limited Liability Partnership
40 · 2%
Industrial and Provident Society (Company)
33 · 1%
Registered Society (Company)
14 · 1%

Ownership and planning constraints in Leicester

Knowing who owns the land in Leicester is only half the picture. Run a specific address through the checker to see what planning constraints apply: conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings, green belt and more: up to 54 checks at an address in England. These are the factors that decide what can actually be built or changed.

Frequently asked

How much of Leicester is owned by companies?+

This index holds 2548 property titles in the LE1 postcode district whose registered owner is a company or organisation, not a private individual, spread across 1592 distinct entities. HM Land Registry publishes corporate and overseas ownership but not individual owners, so this is the corporate slice of ownership in Leicester.

How much of LE1 is owned from overseas?+

Around 8% of the corporate-owned titles indexed in Leicester are held through a company registered outside the UK, typically in jurisdictions such as Jersey, the British Virgin Islands or Guernsey. Overseas ownership is recorded by HM Land Registry in the OCOD dataset.

Can I see who owns a specific building in Leicester?+

Ownership here is matched to a location by postcode, because HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped parcels. It's a screening indicator: it tells you which companies hold property in LE1 and roughly where, but to confirm the owner of one specific building you'd order an official copy of the register for that title.

How does ownership relate to planning constraints in LE1?+

Ownership tells you who holds the land; planning constraints tell you what can be done with it. Planning Constraints combines both: check a site free in Leicester to see conservation areas, flood zones, listed buildings, green belt and more: up to 54 checks at an address in England, alongside the corporate-ownership picture for that postcode.

Ownership is drawn from HM Land Registry’s corporate (CCOD) and overseas (OCOD) ownership datasets and aggregated by postcode district. HM Land Registry does not publish a link between title numbers and mapped land parcels, so this is a district-level screening indicator, not a title-plan boundary. We show the owning company, its jurisdiction, category and holding counts, not exact property addresses (their use is licence-restricted). Private individuals are never included; these datasets cover companies and organisations only.

Source: HM Land Registry, UK companies (CCOD) and overseas companies (OCOD) that own property in England and Wales. Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026 Data as at October 2026.

Note: Corporate ownership reflects HM Land Registry’s record of the current registered proprietor and can lag transactions by weeks or months. Ownership is matched to a location by postcode, not by title-plan boundary, so treat it as a screening indicator. Always confirm with an official copy of the register before relying on it.

Conditions of use: This ownership information is licensed to us by HM Land Registry, and its conditions apply to you as well as to us. Use it for your own research and decisions. You must not use it for direct marketing of any kind, including contacting registered proprietors to offer goods or services, and you must not extract or redistribute the underlying HM Land Registry data as a standalone dataset or product. Full terms.

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