Lighthouse Group Based in Harewood Estate to Acquire Godfrey Pearson
Harewood Estate, of Emmerdale farm fame and home to Lighthouse Group will soon get new residents after a merger between Lee Bernard’s Godfrey Pearson and LighthouseGP.
Bernard, who was once an employee of a brokerage office in Leeds before he collaborated with some people to create a customized financial planning company for vets, hopes that the merger would bring growth potential for both the companies, especially at a time when Pearson itself is seeing rapid progress.
Bernard’s organization has also developed a post retirement finance scheme that was approved by the NHS for young doctors and teachers. Godfrey Pearson, the organization that Bernard founded was sold to Lighthouse Group in January this year.
Vets became the prime customers for Godfrey Pearson, because the son of Bernard’s partner, Godfrey Mill, who was a veterinary surgeon, proposed the idea of tailor made financial planning for Vets to Bernard. Numerous appointments, meetings and discussion groups at the professionals’ offices followed, and vets’ financial planning still remains Bernard’s company’s specialty.
About 50 consultants are about to join the estate, from where they will assist 12,000 customers. With a rent range of £35,000 to £40,000, which is fairly reasonable given the popularity of the shared office estate as it had been the location for a popular soap, and the feeling that the staff here gets working in such a grand structure.
Harewood Estate is occupied by 30-40 organizations and has its own electric supply. In addition, staff is available for various IT related and administrative jobs to help the various companies.
