LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
-54.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£43m
+1% vs 2024
Employees
168
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10m
-5.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £85,427,000 | £93,486,000 | £97,790,000 | +4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £9,288,000 | £7,828,000 | £7,299,000 | -6.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,147,000 | £11,070,000 | £10,434,000 | -5.7% | |
| Net profit | £11,635,000 | £11,031,000 | £10,205,000 | -7.5% | |
| Cash | £25,778,000 | £25,266,000 | £11,527,000 | -54.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £46,441,000 | £45,644,000 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £48,463,000 | £42,605,000 | £43,042,000 | +1% | |
| Equity | £48,463,000 | £42,605,000 | £43,042,000 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 166 | 173 | 168 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £8,970,000 | £9,850,000 | £10,183,000 | +3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £113,000 | £190,000 | +68.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £123,000 | £113,000 | £138,000 | +22.1% |
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 | 10.9% | 8.4% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 11.8% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 16.9% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.9% | 65.1% | 64.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.14x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | 3.01x | 2.61x | 2.36x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 1997-09-05 → present
- LEICA UK LIMITED 1990-08-01 → 1997-09-05
- WILD LEITZ UK LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 1990-08-01
- E. LEITZ (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED 1949-12-30 → 1989-08-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEYLOUNI, Walid | Director | 2025-03-01 | Feb 1975 | French |
| EDWARDS, David Lawrence | Director | 2007-03-31 | Apr 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Simon John Davis | Director | 2025-09-03 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Andrew John | Secretary | 1998-07-08 | 2005-04-01 |
| CONCANNON, Mark Stephen | Secretary | 1996-12-04 | 1998-01-06 |
| DAVIS, Trevor Edmund | Secretary | 1993-10-18 | 1996-04-01 |
| EDWARDS, David Lawrence | Secretary | 2005-04-01 | 2019-02-01 |
| POCOCK, Maxwell David | Secretary | 1998-01-06 | 1998-07-08 |
| STEWART, Paula Jane | Secretary | — | 1993-10-18 |
| STOCKWIN, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 1996-12-04 |
| BUCKLEY, John Douglas | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| CONCANNON, Mark Stephen | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1998-01-06 |
| COOPER, John | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| DAVIS, Colin Ernest | Director | 2005-09-22 | 2014-11-28 |
| HUGHES, Colin Marshall | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2017-05-10 |
| HUMES, Andrew John | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2019-12-31 |
| LIMBERGER, Markus | Director | 2020-05-31 | 2022-08-31 |
| MATUK, Thelma | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2003-11-24 |
| MEILI, Jurg Thomas, Dr | Director | — | 1993-12-06 |
| MÜLLER, Knud, Mr. | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-10-01 |
| NEWELL, Paul David | Director | 2020-06-26 | 2025-08-15 |
| PETERS, Ronald Marcel, Director | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| POCOCK, Maxwell David | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2002-08-15 |
| REUTER, Wolf Otto | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2010-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Michelle Elizabeth | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2012-04-27 |
| ROGERS, Michael Edward | Director | 1990-12-01 | 1994-02-01 |
| SCHWENK, Harald, Mr. | Director | 2014-11-28 | 2016-11-01 |
| STELL, Darin Robert | Director | 2023-06-21 | 2025-03-01 |
| VAN DOORNIK, Albertus | Director | 2019-12-31 | 2020-06-26 |
| VANCANS, Neil Edward | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| VORNHAGEN, Markus Rudolf, Mr. | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2020-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchchange Operations Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.