LOUNGERS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-20
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
+33.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£97M
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
9,557
+10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8M
-48.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LOUNGERS UK LIMITED 2019-03-26 → present
- LOUNGERS LIMITED 2002-11-20 → 2019-03-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-20
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-21 | 2025-04-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £353,486,000 | £406,355,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,481,000 | £8,221,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,917,000 | £7,618,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,489,000 | £3,282,000 | |
| Cash | £10,349,000 | £13,814,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £121,567,000 | £135,226,000 | |
| Net assets | £90,367,000 | £96,751,000 | |
| Equity | £90,367,000 | £96,751,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,631 | 9,557 | |
| Wages | £139,856,000 | £177,605,000 |
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 | 2024-04-21 | 2025-04-20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.7% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | 21.56x | 9.32x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In concluding that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements for the 52 weeks ended 20 April 2025 on the going concern basis, attention has been paid both to the current sector headwinds in terms of consumer confidence and inflationary pressures and also longer term risks such as climate change.”
Significant events
- “Loungers plc underwent a delisting process, completed on 11 February 2025 and removed its shares from AIM on 12 February 2025. The Company and its subsidiaries, including Loungers UK Limited was subsequently acquired by CF Exedra Bidco Limited.”
- “In February 2025, the Group refinanced its borrowing facilities following the acquisition by CF Exedra Bidco Limited. The previously held term loan of £20m was fully repaid. The Group's facilities consist of a £155m term loan and access to a £35m RCF facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REILLEY, Alexander Morton | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | — | British |
| BISHOP, Jacob | Director | 2002-11-20 | Nov 1973 | British |
| CARTER, Justin Mark | Director | 2015-04-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| COLLINS, Nicholas Charles Elliot | Director | 2012-04-06 | Nov 1974 | British |
| MARSHALL, Stephen Daniel | Director | 2024-06-07 | Jun 1969 | British |
| REILLEY, Alexander Morton | Director | 2002-12-01 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID, David | Secretary | 2002-12-01 | 2004-01-06 |
| RINGNER, Nils Arne Goran | Secretary | 2004-01-06 | 2007-02-01 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-11-20 | 2002-11-25 |
| COCKER, James | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2019-04-29 |
| CURRY, Christopher John Max | Director | 2014-10-24 | 2016-12-19 |
| DARWENT, Robert | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2019-04-29 |
| EVES, Matthew James | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2012-04-05 |
| GRANT, Gregor | Director | 2018-09-07 | 2024-06-07 |
| GUY, Christopher | Director | 2016-11-18 | 2018-03-15 |
| KEMP-WELCH, Peter John | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2014-10-24 |
| MACDONALD, Magnus | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2012-04-06 |
| PERCY, Andrew James | Director | 2014-07-18 | 2016-11-18 |
| REID, David James | Director | 2005-02-10 | 2012-04-06 |
| REILLEY, Alexander Morton | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| REILLEY, Alexander Morton | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| RINGNER, Nils Arne Goran | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2009-10-06 |
| TWEDDELL, Crispin Noel Stephen | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2016-12-19 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-11-20 | 2002-11-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loungers Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-20 vs 2024-04-21
-
Turnover
+15%
£353,486,000 £406,355,000
-
Cash
+33.5%
£10,349,000 £13,814,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£90,367,000 £96,751,000
-
Employees
+10.7%
8,631 9,557
-
Operating profit
-46.9%
£15,481,000 £8,221,000
-
Profit before tax
-48.9%
£14,917,000 £7,618,000
-
Wages
+27%
£139,856,000 £177,605,000
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