LRUK (RETAIL) LIMITED
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Cash
£13M
+1.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£626K
-2.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,648,000 | £59,387,000 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £259,000 | £193,000 | -25.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £642,000 | £626,000 | -2.5% | |
| Net profit | £555,000 | £489,000 | -11.9% | |
| Cash | £12,429,000 | £12,577,000 | +1.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,621,000 | £25,110,000 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £24,613,000 | £25,102,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £24,613,000 | £25,102,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| Wages | £4,054,000 | £3,633,000 | -10.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £223,000 | £292,000 | +30.9% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 29.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.90x | 3.35x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LRUK (RETAIL) LIMITED 2016-01-13 → present
- REDCATS (BRANDS) LIMITED 2000-03-06 → 2016-01-13
- EMPIRE STORES LIMITED 1910-06-28 → 2000-03-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Even with a hypothetical, significant reduction in sales, the forecasts show that there are sufficient cash resources within the UK business for the next 12 months to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Richard | Director | 2015-04-16 | Dec 1971 | British |
| BURROWS, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2024-12-31 | Apr 1991 | British |
| CARTIER, Emmanuelle Isabelle Georgia, Madame | Director | 2024-03-25 | Jun 1971 | French |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLAUGHLIN, Ellen | Secretary | 2007-10-26 | 2008-08-31 |
| OAKES, Frederick William, Mr. | Secretary | — | 2007-10-26 |
| ANSART, Bernard Pierre Marie | Director | 2007-12-17 | 2008-08-08 |
| ATKINSON, Neil Gareth | Director | 1993-09-20 | 1997-06-06 |
| BALLA, Nathalie Catherine | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-05-07 |
| BOTT, Richard | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| CAMPBELL, William James | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| CHESHIRE, Mark | Director | 1997-08-04 | 2003-06-11 |
| DEVE, Francoise Suzanne Marcelle | Director | 2009-03-27 | 2013-07-01 |
| DEVE, Francoise Suzanne Marcelle | Director | 2002-09-18 | 2004-01-20 |
| FAINTRENY, Eric Robert | Director | 1996-02-20 | 1998-03-02 |
| GALLOUJ, Saida, Madame | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2015-03-01 |
| GIMPEL, Oliver Maurice | Director | 2002-09-17 | 2006-06-30 |
| GONNET, Arnaud Xavier | Director | 2004-03-11 | 2006-06-30 |
| GREEN, Marianne Mckenzie | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2005-02-11 |
| GREENE-JONES, Marsha | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2004-11-05 |
| HARRIS, Michael John Charles | Director | — | 1992-02-21 |
| HAWKER, Michael Leslie | Director | 1994-05-09 | 2000-03-31 |
| HEAVISIDES, Henry John | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2008-01-11 |
| HILL, Andrew Ratcliffe | Director | 1992-03-02 | 2003-03-07 |
| HILL, Philip Brian | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2007-12-17 |
| IZARD, Olivier Jacques Georges | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-03-27 |
| IZARD, Olivier Jacques Georges | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2007-04-02 |
| JONES, Robert Glyn | Director | — | 1997-01-17 |
| KENWORTHY, Paul | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| MADELEY, Jane Elisabeth | Director | 2005-05-09 | 2008-12-19 |
| MAILE, John | Director | — | 1991-11-19 |
| MCAULAY, Janet | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| OATES, Adrian Christopher | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2012-04-05 |
| OHLSSON, Hans | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| PALICH, Peter | Director | — | 1996-12-27 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew William | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2013-07-12 |
| ROCHE, Stephane Marie Marcel | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2009-04-21 |
| SHEARD, Michael Gilbert Mains | Director | — | 1993-10-31 |
| SKELSEY, Alistair James | Director | 1994-04-05 | 2000-03-31 |
| SMITH, Peter James | Director | — | 2005-03-21 |
| STEELE, Susan Ann | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2005-09-23 |
| TEFRA, Jean-Baptiste | Director | — | 1996-05-21 |
| THOMSON, Alan | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2010-07-02 |
| TRULUCK, Michael Paul | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2023-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ginette Moulin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-04-10 | Ceased 2025-02-09 |
| Monsieur Eric Yvon Courteille | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-10 |
| Madame Nathalie Catherine Balla | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-10 |
| Lruk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-07 |
| Lruk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 260 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-12-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-12 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-01-11 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
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.