L.G.HARRIS & CO.LIMITED
Get an alert when L.G.HARRIS & CO.LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£5.7m
+206.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15m
-2.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
182
-1.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£684k
+82.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,371,000 | £38,665,000 | £37,107,000 | -4% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,341,000 | -£1,860,000 | -£751,000 | +59.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£571,000 | -£3,838,000 | -£684,000 | +82.2% | |
| Net profit | £103,000 | -£3,567,000 | -£445,000 | +87.5% | |
| Cash | £4,024,000 | £1,863,000 | £5,709,000 | +206.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,734,000 | £15,406,000 | -2.1% | |
| Net assets | £19,495,000 | £15,522,000 | £15,077,000 | -2.9% | |
| Equity | £19,495,000 | £15,522,000 | £15,077,000 | -2.9% | |
| Average employees | 191 | 185 | 182 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £6,510,000 | £6,616,000 | £7,145,000 | +8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £816,000 | £831,000 | £993,000 | +19.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £67,000 | £74,000 | £62,000 | -16.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £204,000 | £247,000 | £361,000 | +46.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.5% | -4.8% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | -9.2% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -11.8% | -4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.8% | 52.0% | 54.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.30x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | -5.39x | -10.81x | -4.02x |
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)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the forecast financial performance of the Company up to 31 December 2027... the Directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- L.G.HARRIS & CO.LIMITED · parent
- Harris Decorating Tools (Zhaoqing) Limited 100%
- Harris Brushes India Private Limited 50%
Significant events
- “The dormant subsidiary Hamilton Acorn Limited was fully written down in prior period and has been dissolved on 21 October 2025.”
- “Homebase went into administration during the year ended 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAM, Wai Tsz | Secretary | 2018-05-11 | — | — |
| LEESON, Nicolas | Director | 2021-12-16 | Mar 1987 | Belgian |
| YOUNG, Simon Andrew | Director | 2019-12-12 | Jul 1973 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAITHWAITE, Geoffrey Doncaster | Secretary | 1993-08-09 | 1996-09-30 |
| COOPER, David Lawrence | Secretary | 1996-10-01 | 2017-07-28 |
| MIDDLETON, Brian | Secretary | — | 1993-07-31 |
| NEWBOULT, Richard Mark | Secretary | 2017-07-28 | 2018-05-11 |
| BOSTOCK, Stephen Charles | Director | 2018-05-10 | 2023-07-20 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Geoffrey Doncaster | Director | 1993-08-09 | 1996-09-30 |
| BROOKS, Robert | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| CHANDLER, Paul | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| COOPER, David Lawrence | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2017-07-28 |
| ECKHOFF, Knut | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2019-12-12 |
| GRIMSTAD, Helene | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2026-01-12 |
| HARRIS, Andrew Darby | Director | — | 2016-08-31 |
| HARRIS, Edith Mary | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| HARRIS, Ethna Mary | Director | 1992-06-01 | 2006-04-30 |
| HARRIS, Leslie George Burgum | Director | — | 1995-03-24 |
| HARRIS, Richard William | Director | — | 2016-08-31 |
| HJELLE, Sjur Berild | Director | 2021-04-15 | 2023-11-30 |
| HOBBS, Stuart John | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2019-12-12 |
| HOEG, Johannes Arbo | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2023-11-30 |
| JORDAN, Gary David | Director | 1995-01-21 | 2016-08-31 |
| LINDERUM, Mattias Erik | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2026-01-12 |
| LOVE, John Frederick | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2010-07-09 |
| LOWE, Joseph Glyn | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| MIDDLETON, Brian | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| PAWSON, Philippa Louise | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2026-01-12 |
| REDFERN, Francis James | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| SCOTT, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2026-01-12 |
| SMITH-HANSEN, Erik | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2019-12-12 |
| STENBERG, Sven Daniel | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2019-12-12 |
| STOLTZ, Niklas | Director | 2016-08-31 | 2021-04-15 |
| SYSE-NYBRAATEN, Maria | Director | 2023-05-08 | 2026-01-12 |
| WESTWOOD, Keith Alan | Director | 2011-03-07 | 2016-08-31 |
| WOOD, Christopher James | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2025-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkla House Care Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-08-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.