LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-23 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
-2% vs 2023
Net assets
£43M
-12.1% vs 2023
Employees
173
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
-8.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 1997-09-05 → present
- LEICA UK LIMITED 1990-08-01 → 1997-09-05
- WILD LEITZ UK LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 1990-08-01
- E. LEITZ (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED 1949-12-30 → 1989-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £85,427,000 | £93,486,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,288,000 | £7,828,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,147,000 | £11,070,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,635,000 | £11,031,000 | |
| Cash | £25,778,000 | £25,266,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,637,000 | £46,441,000 | |
| Net assets | £48,463,000 | £42,605,000 | |
| Equity | £48,463,000 | £42,605,000 | |
| Average employees | 166 | 173 | |
| Wages | £8,970,000 | £9,850,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.3% | 16.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.9% | 49.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | 3.01x | 2.61x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is trading profitably, with positive cash flow and a strong balance sheet forecast over the period to 31 December 2026. After making due enquiries and considering the impact of the geopolitical environment, inflationary pressures and the access to funds, potential downside scenarios, cross guarantees with fellow members of the UK Group cash pool, and strength of the ultimate parent undertaking, Danaher Corporation, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation during the forecast period to 31 December 2026. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEYLOUNI, Walid | Director | 2025-03-01 | Feb 1975 | French |
| EDWARDS, David Lawrence | Director | 2007-03-31 | Apr 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Simon John Davis | Director | 2025-09-03 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Andrew John | Secretary | 1998-07-08 | 2005-04-01 |
| CONCANNON, Mark Stephen | Secretary | 1996-12-04 | 1998-01-06 |
| DAVIS, Trevor Edmund | Secretary | 1993-10-18 | 1996-04-01 |
| EDWARDS, David Lawrence | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2019-02-01 |
| POCOCK, Maxwell David | Secretary | 1998-01-06 | 1998-07-08 |
| STEWART, Paula Jane | Secretary | — | 1993-10-18 |
| STOCKWIN, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 1996-12-04 |
| BUCKLEY, John Douglas | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| CONCANNON, Mark Stephen | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1998-01-06 |
| COOPER, John | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| DAVIS, Colin Ernest | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2014-11-28 |
| HUGHES, Colin Marshall | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-05-10 |
| HUMES, Andrew John | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2019-12-31 |
| LIMBERGER, Markus | Director | 2020-05-31 | 2022-08-31 |
| MATUK, Thelma | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2003-11-24 |
| MEILI, Jurg Thomas, Dr | Director | — | 1993-12-06 |
| MÜLLER, Knud, Mr. | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| NEWELL, Paul David | Director | 2020-06-26 | 2025-08-15 |
| PETERS, Ronald Marcel, Director | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| POCOCK, Maxwell David | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2002-08-15 |
| REUTER, Wolf Otto | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2010-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Michelle Elizabeth | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2012-04-27 |
| ROGERS, Michael Edward | Director | 1990-12-01 | 1994-02-01 |
| SCHWENK, Harald, Mr. | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2016-11-01 |
| STELL, Darin Robert | Director | 2023-06-21 | 2025-03-01 |
| VAN DOORNIK, Albertus | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2020-06-26 |
| VANCANS, Neil Edward | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| VORNHAGEN, Markus Rudolf, Mr. | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchchange Operations Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.4%
£85,427,000 £93,486,000
-
Cash
-2%
£25,778,000 £25,266,000
-
Net assets
-12.1%
£48,463,000 £42,605,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
166 173
-
Operating profit
-15.7%
£9,288,000 £7,828,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.9%
£12,147,000 £11,070,000
-
Wages
+9.8%
£8,970,000 £9,850,000
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