LOAKE BROTHERS LIMITED
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Cash
£9.7M
-8% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£21M
-8.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
181
+3.4% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.9M
+5.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,196,631 | £16,537,801 | £24,469,057 | £25,094,000 | £25,855,899 | £26,297,821 | +1.7% | |
| Operating profit | £552,566 | £721,340 | £4,315,892 | £3,962,571 | £3,684,334 | £4,513,885 | +22.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £784,434 | £1,013,958 | £3,814,024 | £4,706,169 | £4,587,830 | £4,851,621 | +5.7% | |
| Net profit | £607,143 | £696,381 | £3,130,863 | £3,612,117 | £3,506,706 | £3,609,239 | +2.9% | |
| Cash | £11,213,893 | £11,020,576 | £10,569,746 | £12,397,861 | £10,512,966 | £9,669,174 | -8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,959,673 | £25,557,580 | £27,725,306 | £30,594,087 | £22,849,965 | £21,010,764 | -8% | |
| Net assets | £24,745,999 | £25,166,700 | £27,470,095 | £30,254,958 | £22,548,598 | £20,590,237 | -8.7% | |
| Equity | £24,745,999 | £25,166,700 | £27,470,095 | £30,254,958 | £22,548,598 | £20,590,237 | -8.7% | |
| Average employees | 165 | 123 | 160 | 172 | 175 | 181 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £4,461,257 | £3,727,426 | £5,210,184 | £5,552,817 | £5,859,879 | £6,134,210 | +4.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £339,136 | £336,115 | £490,513 | £402,118 | £414,615 | £537,074 | +29.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | 4.4% | 17.6% | 15.8% | 14.2% | 17.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 4.2% | 12.8% | 14.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | 2.8% | 15.6% | 13.0% | 16.1% | 21.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 10.2% | 11.9% | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 9.71x | 8.21x | 7.48x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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
- LOAKE BROTHERS LIMITED · parent
- M+L Shoes and Accessories India Private Limited 50%
Significant events
- “During 2025 there were continued cost pressures on the business which we sought to mitigate through strategic procurement and rationalised supply chains.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT, Robert William | Secretary | 2016-12-19 | — | — |
| KENT, Robert William | Director | 2017-05-12 | Nov 1964 | British |
| LOAKE, Andrew Ernest | Director | — | Jun 1958 | British |
| PERKINS CORY, Jonathan Andrew Campbell | Director | 2006-01-01 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTON, Richard John | Secretary | — | 2016-12-19 |
| COKER, David John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| CORBEN, David Reginald Terence | Director | 1995-02-14 | 1996-10-01 |
| DAVIS, Peter Nigel | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2019-11-08 |
| DUTTON, Graham Charles | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| EARLE, David | Director | 1998-04-07 | 2006-05-02 |
| LOAKE, John Nicholas | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| LOAKE, Lancelot Newman | Director | — | 1991-06-14 |
| LOAKE, Peter Richard George | Director | — | 1999-07-23 |
| PERKINS-CORY, Robert Nigel | Director | — | 1997-04-25 |
| SUTTON, Richard John | Director | 1991-06-20 | 2016-12-31 |
| UTTING, Richard Neil | Director | 2022-06-08 | 2026-04-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loake Brothers Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-24 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-01 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.