LEIGHTONS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
+20.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3.2m
+20.9% vs 2024
Employees
305
+1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£958k
-211.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,023,093 | £23,425,294 | £25,068,763 | £25,223,484 | £26,737,740 | +6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,189,082 | £250,157 | £1,148,379 | £577,962 | £1,140,997 | +97.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,139,609 | £202,660 | £1,052,889 | £859,010 | -£957,606 | -211.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,469,610 | £93,747 | £864,611 | £525,060 | -£778,226 | -248.2% | |
| Cash | £1,782,625 | £1,704,284 | £2,358,329 | £1,985,675 | £2,386,020 | +20.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,434,884 | £5,791,131 | £6,219,242 | £2,717,811 | £3,453,333 | +27.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,746,884 | £2,811,131 | £3,318,242 | £2,670,302 | £3,227,076 | +20.9% | |
| Equity | £1,746,884 | £2,811,131 | £3,318,242 | £2,670,302 | £3,227,076 | +20.9% | |
| Average employees | 262 | 274 | 290 | 302 | 305 | +1% | |
| Wages | £7,385,954 | £7,776,465 | £8,995,097 | £9,386,828 | £10,197,987 | +8.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £574,235 | £492,640 | £596,246 | £662,118 | £723,918 | +9.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 1.1% | 4.6% | 2.3% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 0.4% | 3.4% | 2.1% | -2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.0% | 4.3% | 18.5% | 21.3% | 33.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 78.1% | 74.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.43x | 0.82x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 99.67x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LEIGHTONS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- LEIGHTON'S (DISPENSING OPTICIANS) LIMITED 1943-10-05 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The auditor concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate, having identified no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from authorisation for issue.”
Group structure
- LEIGHTONS LIMITED · parent
- The Hearing Care Partnership Limited 100%
- Leightons Clapham Limited 51%
- Leightons Insight Limited 100%
- Wilton Optical Limited 100%
- Mamdani Opticians Limited 51%
- DJ Bull Optometrists Limited 100%
- Praills Limited 100%
- Arnold & Son (Petersfield) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company significantly reduced its future financial risks by entering in to an agreement with Aviva in the year to complete a full Buy-In of its defined benefit pension scheme which will eliminate future financial risks arising from this scheme. The administration for the Buy-In will take c12 months to complete.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Andrew John | Director | 2011-07-07 | Apr 1971 | British |
| FAIRHEAD, Lindsay Kate | Director | 2017-03-13 | Jun 1983 | British |
| HAWABHAY, Krish | Director | 2011-07-07 | Jun 1975 | British |
| LEIGHTON, Ryan Patrick | Director | 2011-01-04 | Jan 1976 | British |
| SHARP, Rebecca Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIEGHTON, Ryan Patrick | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2008-03-10 |
| SUTTON, June Patricia Kathleen | Secretary | 1993-07-19 | 2010-02-13 |
| WATTS, Leslie Charles | Secretary | — | 1993-07-19 |
| CHAMPION, Debra June | Director | 2001-11-07 | 2003-08-01 |
| COCKAYNE, Susan Patricia | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2011-07-06 |
| COX, Michael George | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| HUTCHINGS, Roger Bernard | Director | 1993-07-19 | 1997-10-01 |
| LEIGHTON, Richard John | Director | — | 2026-03-15 |
| LIEGHTON, Ryan Patrick | Director | 2008-02-29 | 2008-03-10 |
| LOWREY, Albert Anthony | Director | 1993-07-19 | 1997-10-01 |
| PUGH, Neale | Director | 1993-07-19 | 2008-02-29 |
| RANGER, Geoffrey Noel | Director | — | 2000-05-25 |
| WATTS, Leslie Charles | Director | — | 2003-03-17 |
| WREN, Luke | Director | 2012-01-02 | 2017-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leightons Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.