LACOSTE FOOTWEAR LIMITED
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Cash
£35m
USD 46,500,000
-3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£47m
USD 63,100,000
-15.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£28m
USD 37,400,000
-13.4% lowest in 3 filed years
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
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 | £248,011,891 | £222,742,475 | £175,696,767 | -21.1% | |
| Operating profit | £36,566,332 | £31,884,058 | £26,532,887 | -16.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £37,160,907 | £32,107,023 | £27,796,358 | -13.4% | |
| Net profit | £28,242,289 | £24,080,268 | £20,884,430 | -13.3% | |
| Cash | £28,465,255 | £35,823,114 | £34,559,643 | -3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,957,637 | £55,741,360 | £46,897,064 | -15.9% | |
| Net assets | £53,957,637 | £55,741,360 | £46,897,064 | -15.9% | |
| Equity | £53,957,637 | £55,741,360 | £46,897,064 | -15.9% | |
| Average employees | 65 | 68 | 67 | -1.5% | |
| Wages | £3,716,091 | £4,384,987 | £5,202,527 | +18.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 14.7% | 14.3% | 15.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 10.8% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 67.8% | 57.2% | 56.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.49x | 2.52x | 2.51x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2025-10-21
- LACOSTE FOOTWEAR LIMITED 2025-10-21 → present
- PENTLAND CHAUSSURES LIMITED 2002-12-09 → 2025-10-21
- PENTLAND BRANDS LIMITED 1991-01-29 → 2002-12-09
- BMX LEISURE FOOTWEAR LIMITED 1984-01-26 → 1991-01-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the above going concern assessment the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY, Naomi | Secretary | 2018-04-24 | — | — |
| GAUTIER, Philippe Dominique Yves | Director | 2024-02-08 | Mar 1967 | French |
| GUIBERT, Thierry Louis Joseph | Director | 2018-01-03 | Nov 1970 | French |
| MOREL, Amandine Jeanne-Claire Anne | Director | 2025-02-12 | May 1977 | French |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Patrick James | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2015-04-20 |
| CULLEN, Timothy Edward | Secretary | 2015-04-20 | 2018-04-24 |
| STEVENS, Richard Anthony | Secretary | — | 2005-01-01 |
| BLACKMAN, Ian Nicholas | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2001-01-29 |
| CULLEN, Timothy Edward | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2025-07-17 |
| DODGE, Nigel John | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2000-10-20 |
| LAMOUREUX, Denis Marcel | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2024-01-31 |
| LESLIE, Andrew Marvin | Director | — | 2003-02-01 |
| LONG, Andrew Michael | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2025-07-17 |
| MCGUIGAN, Peter | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1997-09-30 |
| NEWCOMBE, Richard James | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2020-11-26 |
| PASTOR, Philippe | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2020-11-26 |
| PEARSON, David Charles | Director | 1998-07-02 | 1999-11-19 |
| RUBIN, Andrew Keith | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2018-01-03 |
| RUBIN, Charles James | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2025-07-17 |
| SIMISTER, Andrew | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2013-10-31 |
| SINCLAIR, Jonathan Stuart | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2008-12-31 |
| SMITH, Peter Anthony | Director | 1996-06-03 | 1998-05-01 |
| SPINDLER, Catherine | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2025-01-22 |
| STEVENS, Richard Anthony | Director | — | 1994-10-03 |
| WEBBER, Paul Martin | Director | 1996-06-03 | 2018-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentland Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-08 | Ceased 2025-07-17 |
| Pentland Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-07-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-29 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.