L & J LEISURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+116.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+8.9% vs 2024
Employees
429
+3.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-3.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- L & J LEISURE LIMITED 1998-01-26 → present
- OZON LIMITED 1984-05-08 → 1998-01-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,062,218 | £38,999,533 | |
| Operating profit | £2,398,544 | £2,360,715 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,399,819 | £2,324,683 | |
| Net profit | £1,799,575 | £1,784,585 | |
| Cash | £874,055 | £1,895,837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,448,699 | £18,722,796 | |
| Net assets | £14,539,136 | £15,839,012 | |
| Equity | £14,539,136 | £15,839,012 | |
| Average employees | 416 | 429 | |
| Wages | £7,648,891 | £8,444,555 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 12.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 3.01x | |
| Interest cover | 35.32x | 18.19x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Stephenson Smart (East Anglia) 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 and 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
- L & J LEISURE LIMITED · parent
- J & J Wilson (Shops) Limited 100%
- J & J Wilson Dairies (Shops) Limited 100%
- Brooke and Brooke Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the previous year, the company acquired the Golden Lion hotel through its subsidiary Brooke and Brooke Limited, which it opened from August to December, and then closed for renovations for the remainder of the year. These were completed and the hotel re-opened in March this year.”
- “one smaller cottage being sold to fund the Golden Lion renovations, and despite renovations being completed on a new larger cottage in the previous year, revenue has fallen in this area.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Shelly | Secretary | 2026-02-01 | — | — |
| JOHNSTONE, Gavin | Director | 2026-02-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| JOHNSTONE, Valerie Margaret | Director | — | May 1961 | British |
| LLOYD, Derrick | Director | — | Aug 1953 | British |
| LLOYD, Dorothy Kathleen | Director | — | Feb 1959 | British |
| LLOYD, Scott | Director | 2013-09-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTONE, Valerie Margaret | Secretary | 2007-08-01 | 2026-02-01 |
| LLOYD, Dorothy Kathleen | Secretary | 1997-05-31 | 2007-08-01 |
| WALKER, Anne | Secretary | — | 1997-05-31 |
| JOHNSTONE, Craig | Director | — | 1990-11-27 |
| JOHNSTONE, Gavin | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2025-07-23 |
| SANDY, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2023-01-31 |
| SANDY, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 1999-05-06 | 2000-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Valerie Margaret Johnstone | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-01 |
| Mr Derrick Lloyd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Dorothy Kathleen Lloyd | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Scott Lloyd | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-0.2%
£39,062,218 £38,999,533
-
Cash
+116.9%
£874,055 £1,895,837
-
Net assets
+8.9%
£14,539,136 £15,839,012
-
Employees
+3.1%
416 429
-
Operating profit
-1.6%
£2,398,544 £2,360,715
-
Profit before tax
-3.1%
£2,399,819 £2,324,683
-
Wages
+10.4%
£7,648,891 £8,444,555
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