LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£7.1m
+17.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£16m
+18.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
494
+7.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
-41.1% 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 | £52,048,352 | £57,812,461 | £64,972,689 | +12.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,674,157 | £2,937,574 | £3,922,933 | +33.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,604,076 | £2,976,488 | £1,752,390 | -41.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,009,354 | £2,001,656 | £1,137,059 | -43.2% | |
| Cash | £7,692,457 | £6,056,772 | £7,121,859 | +17.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,785,697 | £14,010,005 | £16,750,114 | +19.6% | |
| Net assets | £12,741,967 | £13,602,168 | £16,074,764 | +18.2% | |
| Equity | £12,741,967 | £13,602,168 | £16,074,764 | +18.2% | |
| Average employees | 418 | 459 | 494 | +7.6% | |
| Wages | £17,875,671 | £19,913,428 | £22,441,169 | +12.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £790,945 | £838,309 | £1,082,106 | +29.1% |
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 | 5.1% | 5.1% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 3.5% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 21.0% | 23.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 39.1% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 1.88x | 2.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 28.58x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- LEIGHTONS DISPENSING OPTICIANS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1966-10-07 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group's or the parent 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
- LEIGHTONS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Leightons Limited 100%
- Leightons Hearingcare Limited 100%
- Leightons Franchises Limited 100%
- Leightons Opticians Limited 99.8%
- The Hearing Care Partnership Limited 100%
- Leightons Clapham Limited 51%
- Leightons Insight Limited 100%
- Wilton Optical Limited 100%
- Praills Limited 100%
- Mamdani Opticians Limited 51%
- Arnold & Son (Petersfield) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “100% of Arnold & Son (Petersfield) Limited was acquired during the year.”
- “DJ Bull Optometrists Limited was dissolved on 11 November 2025.”
- “On 30th October 2024 the group acquired 51% of the share capital of Mamdani Opticians Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGHTON, Richard John | Director | — | Jan 1942 | British |
| LEIGHTON, Ryan Patrick | Director | 2005-01-03 | Jan 1976 | British |
| LEIGHTON, Tanya Marie | Director | 2005-01-03 | Aug 1970 | British |
| LEWINGTON, Lisa | Director | 2005-01-03 | Dec 1968 | British |
| PANTELI, Andreas | Director | 2025-01-06 | Apr 1968 | British |
| SHARP, Rebecca Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-07 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUTTON, June Patricia Kathleen | Secretary | 2000-03-17 | 2010-02-13 |
| WATTS, Leslie Charles | Secretary | — | 2003-03-17 |
| COCKAYNE, Susan Patricia | Director | 2003-05-14 | 2011-07-06 |
| COX, Michael George | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| FERGUSON, Diana | Director | — | 2006-04-01 |
| HUNTER, Michael Sinclair Ward | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| PAGE, Fiona Jayne | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2020-12-31 |
| PUGH, Neale | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2008-02-29 |
| WATTS, Leslie Charles | Director | — | 2003-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ryan Patrick Leighton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-12 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.