LEAR CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£20M
+1,645.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£60M
+12% vs 2023
Employees
1,467
+12.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£36M
-11.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LEAR CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED 1996-03-19 → present
- LEAR SEATING (U.K.) LIMITED 1993-06-16 → 1996-03-19
- CHEERYBLE LIMITED 1993-05-14 → 1993-06-16
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 | £638,539,000 | £708,237,000 | |
| Operating profit | £39,632,000 | £33,160,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £40,317,000 | £35,791,000 | |
| Net profit | £33,007,000 | £26,421,000 | |
| Cash | £1,128,000 | £19,689,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,461,000 | £59,806,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,385,000 | £59,806,000 | |
| Equity | £53,385,000 | £59,806,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,306 | 1,467 | |
| Wages | £57,680,000 | £66,016,000 |
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 | 6.2% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 74.1% | 55.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 54.14x | 78.58x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared forecasts which extend through a period in excess of 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue to 31 May 2026. The ability of the company to access its cash deposits in the European Cash Pool throughout the going concern period to 31 May 2026 from the date of approval of these financial statements has been confirmed by the ultimate parent company, Lear Corporation, who in the unlikely event that this is not possible have further confirmed in writing their commitment to provide alternative financial support to assist the company in meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due during the going concern period. The directors have considered the financial position of the Group as set out in the condensed consolidated financial statements issued by the Group for the period ended 29 March 2025, which indicates $0.78bn of cash and cash equivalents, and $2.0bn in available borrowing capacity under a Revolving Credit Facility. As a result of the above, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LEAR CORPORATION (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Tacle Seating UK Limited 1%
- Guilford Europe Pension Trustee Limited 0.9%
Significant events
- “On 1st July 2024 Lear Corporation (UK) Limited agreed the intra-group asset sales and purchase agreement of the Guilford Europe Limited trade and certain assets and liabilities for a consideration of £450,000.”
- “Russia's war against Ukraine since the end of February 2022, along with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is increasing the uncertainty with regard to the economic outlook as the situation remains volatile.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-12-31 | — | — |
| HENNINGSEN, Martin | Director | 2008-10-06 | Sep 1967 | German |
| HICKMAN, Ian Douglas | Director | 2019-05-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYWOOD, Martin | Secretary | 1997-07-10 | 1999-09-07 |
| JEWEL, Gideon James | Secretary | 1996-11-05 | 1997-07-10 |
| LOLE, David | Secretary | 1994-02-14 | 1996-11-05 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-06-09 | 2010-12-31 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1993-05-14 | 1993-06-18 |
| BRACKENBURY, James Michael | Director | 1993-06-18 | 1994-10-19 |
| COSTA RIGAU, Jordi | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| DURNEY, Terence Mcintosh | Director | 1996-03-08 | 1997-07-10 |
| EGGLESTON, James Stephen | Director | 1997-07-10 | 1999-06-11 |
| GARGARO, John Timothy | Director | 1996-11-05 | 1999-08-23 |
| HOLLARS, James Arles | Director | 1993-06-18 | 1995-12-20 |
| HOOPER, Robert Chalders | Director | 2002-02-20 | 2019-04-30 |
| JEFFERSON, Paul Roger | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2007-03-06 |
| JEWEL, Gideon James | Director | 1997-07-10 | 2004-09-23 |
| MCCARTHY, Joseph Frederic | Director | 1996-11-05 | 2000-10-01 |
| PEER, Jan V. | Director | 1997-07-10 | 1998-11-01 |
| REAUME, William Arthur | Director | 1996-11-05 | 1999-06-11 |
| SANSON, Vincent Barry | Director | 1994-10-19 | 1996-03-08 |
| WEISBART, Richard Alan | Director | 1996-11-05 | 1997-07-10 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-05-14 | 1993-06-18 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1993-05-14 | 1993-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lear Corporation Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.9%
£638,539,000 £708,237,000
-
Cash
+1,645.5%
£1,128,000 £19,689,000
-
Net assets
+12%
£53,385,000 £59,806,000
-
Employees
+12.3%
1,306 1,467
-
Operating profit
-16.3%
£39,632,000 £33,160,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.2%
£40,317,000 £35,791,000
-
Wages
+14.5%
£57,680,000 £66,016,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers