Leekes Limited
Registered name: LEEKES LIMITED
Part of J.H. Leeke and Sons Limited groupLeekes Limited made £45.2m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Leekes Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £45.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 459 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Pontyclun; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontyclun, Wales
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is J H Leeke and Sons Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. J H Leeke and Sons Limited is the parent of the smallest and largest group of whic”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £54.3m | £47.6m | £45.2m |
| Cost of sales | £32.9m | £32.6m | £27.3m | £26m |
| Gross profit | — | £21.7m | £20.3m | £19.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.6m | £1.3m | −£683k |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £3.2m | £1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.1m | £742k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £2.1m | £742k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £12.2m | £12.5m | £12.3m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 507 | 477 | 458 | 459 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.9% | 1.6% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.9% | 42.6% | 42.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £114k | £104k | £98.4k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £4.4k | £1.6k | −£2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼12.3% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.8% | ▼64.5% | ▼246.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼4% | ▲0.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £208k | £0 | £611k |
| Net assets | £26m | £28.2m | £28.9m | £27.8m |
| Fixed assets | £39m | £41.9m | £44.4m | £44.8m |
| Current assets | £41m | £40m | £42.3m | £18.1m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £865k | £827k |
| Deferred income | £5.2m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 99.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼4%
- Now £27.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £611k
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 459
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £4.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £44.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- J.H. Leeke and Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Leekes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Park Furnishers (Bristol) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Vale of Glamorgan Hotel LimitedRev. £17.4m · Profit £857k
- Bottlers & Distillers (Wales) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.1m
- Leekes Group Property Developments LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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