LEIGHTONS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-29 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-15.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

-19.5% vs 2023

Employees

302

+4.1% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£859K

-18.4% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LEIGHTONS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£22,023,093	£23,425,294	—	£25,068,763	£25,223,484
Operating profit	—	£2,189,082	£250,157	—	£1,148,379	£577,962
Profit before tax	—	£2,139,609	£202,660	—	£1,052,889	£859,010
Net profit	—	£1,469,610	£93,747	—	£864,611	£525,060
Cash	£3,281,162	£1,782,625	£1,704,284	—	£2,358,329	£1,985,675
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£6,434,884	£5,791,131	—	£6,219,242	£2,717,811
Net assets	—	£1,746,884	£2,811,131	—	£3,318,242	£2,670,302
Equity	-£1,813,641	£1,746,884	£2,811,131	£2,811,131	£3,318,242	£2,670,302
Average employees	—	262	274	—	290	302
Wages	—	£7,385,954	£7,776,465	—	£8,995,097	£9,386,828

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	9.9%	1.1%	—	4.6%	2.3%
Net margin	—	6.7%	0.4%	—	3.4%	2.1%
Return on capital employed	—	34.0%	4.3%	—	18.5%	21.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	1.43x	0.82x
Interest cover	—	1444.94x	41692.83x	—	2929.54x	207.45x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

LEIGHTONS LIMITED · parent
1. The Hearing Care Partnership Limited 100% · UK · Selling and fitting hearing aids
2. Leightons Clapham Limited 51% · UK · Opticians
3. Leightons Insight Limited 100% · UK · Opticians
4. Wilton Optical Limited 100% · UK · Opticians
5. Mamdani Opticians Limited 51% · UK · Opticians
6. DJ Bull Optometrists Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
7. Praills Limited 100% · UK · Opticians

Significant events

“Revenue increased by 2.3% in the year when taking into the transfer of the trade in the year of one of the company's branches into a new joint venture company.”
“The company fully paid off the defined benefit pension deficit in the year and will be seeking a full buy out of its pension scheme in 2025 to reduce its future financial risks arising from the pension scheme.”
“Leightons Insight Limited, the joint venture, became a 100% subsidiary of Leightons Limited on the 8th May 2024.”
“Leightons Limited owned 100% of the share capital of Leightons Clapham Limited, a dormant company, to the date of 10th January 2024. On the 10th January 2024 Leightons Clapham Limited issued an additional 99 shares, of which Leightons Limited purchased 50 additional shares. From the date of 10th January 2024, Leightons Limited has held 51 shares in Leightons Clapham Limited, retaining 51% of the share capital and control. Leightons Clapham Limited began trading from 10th January 2024.”
“51% of Mamdani Opticians Ltd was acquired on 30th October 2024.”
“100% of Wilton Optical Limited was acquired on 30th June 2024.”
“Spectrum Eye Care Limited and Leightons Eye Winds Limited were dissolved during the year.”

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 155 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2026-04-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-03-28	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2025-11-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-04-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-03-18	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-03-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-03-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-05-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-12-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2023-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-03-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-04-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+0.6%

£25,068,763 £25,223,484

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

-15.8%

£2,358,329 £1,985,675
Net assets

-19.5%

£3,318,242 £2,670,302
Employees

+4.1%

290 302

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-49.7%

£1,148,379 £577,962
Profit before tax

-18.4%

£1,052,889 £859,010
Wages

+4.4%

£8,995,097 £9,386,828

highest in 4 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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