GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED
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Cash
£23m
+44.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£31m
+21.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
413
-4% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£8.7m
-45.7% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £102,296,000 | £134,368,000 | £95,420,000 | -29% | |
| Operating profit | £7,671,000 | £15,395,000 | £7,946,000 | -48.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,032,000 | £16,083,000 | £8,726,000 | -45.7% | |
| Net profit | £7,029,000 | £12,021,000 | £6,540,000 | -45.6% | |
| Cash | £23,769,000 | £16,232,000 | £23,447,000 | +44.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,390,000 | £26,572,000 | £31,840,000 | +19.8% | |
| Net assets | £15,121,000 | £25,282,000 | £30,823,000 | +21.9% | |
| Equity | £15,121,000 | £25,282,000 | £30,823,000 | +21.9% | |
| Average employees | 330 | 430 | 413 | -4% | |
| Wages | £17,356,000 | £24,189,000 | £23,356,000 | -3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £66,000 | £688,000 | £638,000 | -7.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 11.5% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 8.9% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.8% | 57.9% | 25.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 60.7% | 47.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.52x | 1.98x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED 2004-04-01 → present
- GEORGE LESLIE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2003-10-30 → 2004-04-01
- LOTHIAN FIFTY (999) LIMITED 2003-06-27 → 2003-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Therefore, having made their own assessment of the Company's financial position, the directors believe the Company is well placed to manage it's business risks successfully and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED · parent
- George Leslie Plant Limited 100%
- Ashmoon Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWAN, Graeme | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Simon | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| COWAN, Graeme | Director | 2024-07-01 | May 1986 | British |
| FRY, Anthony Colin | Director | 2018-10-29 | Aug 1969 | British |
| GAULT, Michael Callum Mackay | Director | 2013-11-04 | Jun 1967 | British |
| NEWLANDS, Andrew | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| ROSS, David Bradford | Director | 2009-07-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARROLL, Peter Cumming | Secretary | 2019-07-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| WHITELAW, Gordon William | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2019-07-31 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-06-27 | 2003-09-30 |
| BURROWS, Iain Richard | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2018-09-27 |
| DOHERTY, Neil Patrick | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2021-03-28 |
| FINDLAY, Brian David Mcgill | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2005-05-18 |
| MCCORMACK, John Love | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2009-06-30 |
| MCINTOSH, Donald Gordon | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2011-07-29 |
| MCNAUGHT, John Symington Maurice | Director | 2003-08-15 | 2019-09-17 |
| BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-06-27 | 2003-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gll (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-12 | Active |
| Mr Iain Richard Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-06-27 | Ceased 2018-09-27 |
| Mr John Symington Maurice Mcnaught | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-06-27 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr John Symington Maurice Mcnaught | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-12 |
| Mr Iain Richard Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.