LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED

1. LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
2. LEIGHTONS DISPENSING OPTICIANS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1966-10-07 → 1981-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
   1. Leightons Limited 100% · Optician
   2. Leightons Hearingcare Limited 100% · Seller and fitter of hearing aids
   3. Leightons Franchises Limited 100% · Optical franchiser
   4. Leightons Opticians Limited 99.8% · Dormant
   5. The Hearing Care Partnership Limited 100% · Seller and fitter of hearing aids
   6. DJ Bull Optometrists Limited 100% · Dormant
   7. Leightons Clapham Limited 51% · Optician
   8. Leightons Insight Limited 100% · Optician
   9. Wilton Optical Limited 100% · Optician
   10. Praills Limited 100% · Optician
   11. Mamdani Opticians Limited 51% · Optician

Significant events

• “A record revenue of £57.8m, with year-on-year growth of 11% and over half of Group revenue now being attributed to audiology services”
• “Continued strong performance of the branch network of 36 sites”
• “An increase in nationwide audiology partners to over 300”
• “The Group continues to invest in staff recruitment, training and career development with a focus on clinical, customer experience, leadership, communication and financial management.”
• “The Group significantly reduced its future financial risks by making a payment in the year of £4.6m to settle the defined benefit pension deficit.”
• “The Company is committed to expanding its core operations at Leightons and The Hearing Care Partnership in the coming year, with a focus on enhancing the service proposition and improving the customer experience. The business will continue to grow the number of new hearing care partners and will also expand via acquisition to enhance shareholder value.”
• “At this juncture, for the current financial period, our Board of Directors has decided not to recommend any dividend distribution.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +11.1%

  £52,048,352 → £57,812,461

• Cash

  -21.3%

  £7,692,457 → £6,056,772

• Net assets

  +6.8%

  £12,741,967 → £13,602,168

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +9.8%

  418 → 459

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +9.9%

  £2,674,157 → £2,937,574

• Profit before tax

  +14.3%

  £2,604,076 → £2,976,488

• Wages

  +11.4%

  £17,875,671 → £19,913,428

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