L.E.K. CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Cash
£65M
+8.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£264M
-46.5% vs 2023
Employees
2,297
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£65M
-141.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £471,049,666 | £521,020,756 | |
| Operating profit | £166,072,646 | -£53,175,686 | |
| Profit before tax | £155,968,125 | -£64,542,624 | |
| Net profit | £145,433,655 | -£80,404,744 | |
| Cash | £60,171,979 | £65,477,391 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,828,021 | £78,359,526 | |
| Net assets | -£179,818,384 | -£263,517,420 | |
| Equity | -£179,818,384 | -£263,517,420 | |
| Average employees | 2,189 | 2,297 | |
| Wages | £312,807,265 | £343,686,434 |
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 | 35.3% | -10.2% | |
| Net margin | 30.9% | -15.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 248.5% | -67.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 155.9% | 178.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | 15.51x | -4.24x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Thus, the directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- L.E.K. CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED · parent
- L.E.K. International Group Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. International Holdings Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Holdings Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Finance Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting UK Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting America Inc 100%
- L.E.K. Holdings (Jersey) Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting LLP 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting (International) Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting LLC 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting GmbH 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Sarl 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting SL 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Sp.zo.o 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting (Hainan) Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Hong Kong Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Pte Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting Pvt Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Management Consulting LLP 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting GBS Ltd 100%
- L.E.K. Consulting 100%
- L.E.K. Regional Headquarter LLC 100%
- L.E.K. Management LLC 100%
- L.E.K. (Brasil) Participacoes 100%
- Alliance Asia Pacific Ltd 100%
- Hi Mum Said Dad Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Group repaid $10m of its borrowing facility which stands at a balance of $138.8m at the end of the year (2023 - $149.0m).”
- “After the year end, the directors agreed a new $245 million funding facility ($105m term loan and $140m revolving credit facility (RCF)) replacing the existing $167m RCF, which was due to expire in June 2026.”
- “On 16 January 2023, the Group purchased 100% of the share capital of Hi Mum Said Dad Limited, a digital product and innovation consultancy based in London in order to increase the service line offering available to the Group's clients.”
- “The Group disposed of its holding in Loop Horizon Ltd on 15 January 2024.”
- “In 2024, our combined global scope 1 & 2 emissions were ~66% lower than our 2019 base year.”
- “Business travel...driven a global 62% per headcount reduction in Scope 3 business travel emissions between 2019 and 2024.”
- “In 2024, we held numerous events in our offices across all regions to educate and engage staff across various sustainability topics.”
- “In 2024 the winners were the Paris office to attain the 'Entreprise pro Velo' label and the Mumbai office to develop an application to promote ride-sharing and reduce office-based waste.”
- “Furthermore, since 2021, L.E.K. has planted a tree for every past and current team member globally through our partnership with Tree-Nation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIRCLOTH, Benedict Ralph George | Director | 2021-11-03 | Jun 1970 | British |
| GODDARD, John Ivan | Director | 2025-12-04 | Jun 1960 | British |
| GORDON, Matthew Millar | Director | 2020-02-29 | Aug 1974 | British |
| HASLEHURST, Robert Melville | Director | 2025-06-26 | Jul 1978 | British |
| HESKETT, Johnny Clayton | Director | 2017-07-24 | Dec 1969 | American |
| HORAN, Simon James | Director | 2024-02-07 | May 1973 | Australian |
| MADANNAVAR, Harsha Chandrappa | Director | 2023-08-31 | Sep 1973 | American |
| MALLETTE, Francois | Director | 2022-01-14 | Jan 1961 | American |
| PALM, Anna Maria | Director | 2025-06-26 | Feb 1965 | Swedish |
| PICCIOLA, Emanuele Robert | Director | 2020-03-18 | Aug 1974 | American |
| SUNDERLAND, Stephen Charles | Director | 2023-10-01 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WOODS, George Michael Stephen | Director | 2024-12-05 | Dec 1971 | Australian |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVENEY, Eileen Clare | Director | 2018-04-04 | 2020-03-18 |
| ECONOMIDES, Vassilis | Director | 2022-01-24 | 2025-06-26 |
| FUJII, Reiji | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2021-11-03 |
| HOLDER, Nicholas | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2023-10-01 |
| JACKSON, Stuart Edward | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2021-11-03 |
| JACQUET, Pierre | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2018-06-06 |
| LEWIS, Alan | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-01-18 |
| MCKELVEY, Peter | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| MCKONE, Daniel | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2018-06-30 |
| OGILVY, David | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2018-09-19 |
| PERRY, Darren A | Director | 2022-01-14 | 2025-06-26 |
| ROURKE, Robert Norman, Mr. | Director | 2017-12-20 | 2022-01-01 |
| SPAREY, Jonathan Nigel Edward | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2019-10-31 |
| ST SURE WALSH, Susan | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2024-02-07 |
| STREETING, Mark Charles | Director | 2021-11-03 | 2024-12-05 |
| VERGE, Lawrence Matthew | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2020-02-29 |
| VON KIENLIN, Karin Ann | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2025-12-04 |
| WEBER, Jonathan David | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2023-08-31 |
| WINGARD, Carol, Ms. | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2017-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.E.K. Consulting Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-08-04 | Ceased 2024-09-18 |
| Mr Stuart Edward Jackson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-16 | Ceased 2017-08-04 |
| Mr Lawrence Matthew Verge | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-16 | Ceased 2017-08-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-24 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-24 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-23 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-10-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 14
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
+10.6%
£471,049,666 £521,020,756
-
Cash
+8.8%
£60,171,979 £65,477,391
-
Net assets
-46.5%
-£179,818,384 -£263,517,420
-
Employees
+4.9%
2,189 2,297
-
Operating profit
-132%
£166,072,646 -£53,175,686
-
Profit before tax
-141.4%
£155,968,125 -£64,542,624
-
Wages
+9.9%
£312,807,265 £343,686,434
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