Updown Court - Leslie Allen-Vercoe

Leslie Allen-Vercoe

Leslie Allen-Vercoe was born in 1944 in Ashford, Middlesex and attended Sandown Grammar School on the Isle of Wight until he was 17, when he left without A-Levels. He worked as a projectionist at the local cinema and an estate agent. At 20, with a £2,000 bank loan he bought the cinema where he had worked when his boss died, as his first major venture. His mother (born 1917), was briefly a model working for Vogue and his father worked as a bricklayer. Allen-Vercoe never met his father as he died of pneumonia shortly before his birth. Although not featured on any rich lists, Allen-Vercoe states his wealth to be "safely in excess of £50 million" and likes to lead a private life, one not in the public eye extensively. Allen-Vercoe has married twice and has three children, Justine, Emma and Hayden all in their late thirties with first wife, Sue. He currently lives in Surrey with second wife Jenny at their £3 million country home.