LEICA CAMERA LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
43
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£28k
-95.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,587,567 | £17,487,618 | £22,153,932 | £22,738,586 | £21,716,141 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £432,881 | £780,595 | £924,970 | £707,519 | £178,821 | -74.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £346,908 | £718,522 | £799,668 | £613,561 | £27,873 | -95.5% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £628,030 | £446,194 | £4,039 | -99.1% | |
| Cash | £1,155,867 | £3,250,272 | £1,421,474 | £1,113,834 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,599,293 | £4,934,093 | £5,769,796 | £5,564,723 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,952,530 | £3,004,219 | £3,891,482 | £4,337,676 | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,952,530 | £3,004,219 | £3,891,482 | £4,337,676 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 33 | 32 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,151,562 | £2,491,077 | £2,633,630 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £168,513 | £224,240 | £222,824 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £9,000 | £9,540 | £9,540 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £168,513 | £224,240 | £222,824 | -0.6% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 15.8% | 16.0% | 12.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.4% | 54.5% | 55.6% | 45.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.91x | 2.26x | — | |
| Interest cover | 5.04x | 12.58x | 7.38x | 7.53x | 1.18x |
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 CAMERA LIMITED 1990-04-12 → present
- E LEITZ (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED 1989-08-21 → 1990-04-12
- WILD LEITZ UK LIMITED 1988-12-16 → 1989-08-21
- ABLEBLADE LIMITED 1988-10-21 → 1988-12-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future based on the operations of the company. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report”
Significant events
- “Strategic investments made during the year, including the opening of the new Customer Care and Akademie facility in Soho and the expansion of the Harrods retail operation.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVYATERIKOVA, Tatiana | Secretary | 2018-05-14 | — | — |
| AHMAD PEREZ, Farah | Director | 2023-01-16 | Jun 1971 | British |
| DOYRAN, Kurt Erol, Mr. | Director | 2019-07-24 | Aug 1972 | German |
| VOLL, Andreas Manfred | Director | 2026-04-01 | Jul 1981 | German |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAILLIEZ, Denis Compton | Secretary | — | 2014-05-29 |
| MORTON, William John | Secretary | 2014-05-29 | 2018-04-30 |
| BELL, David John | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| FREY, Bruno Erwin, Doctor | Director | — | 1992-10-01 |
| HARSCH, Matthias Karl Jakob | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| HEWARD, Jason | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2022-09-05 |
| HINTNER, Johannes Ulrich | Director | — | 2004-01-12 |
| HOFMANN, Klaus-Dieter | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| KALTNER, Oliver Alfred Karl-Heinz | Director | 2015-02-18 | 2017-09-13 |
| KAUFMANN, Andreas, Dr | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2009-07-28 |
| KRAMER, Burkhard | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| KRUMHOFF, Peter | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2001-06-30 |
| LEE, Steven Kenneth | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2008-02-22 |
| LOBEJAEGER, Andreas Erich | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2012-03-31 |
| PETERS, Ronald Marcel | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2019-07-15 |
| SCHOPF, Alfred | Director | 2010-10-28 | 2015-02-18 |
| SIMON, Werner, Dr | Director | 1992-10-02 | 1994-03-28 |
| SPICHTIG, Josef Karl | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2006-11-22 |
| SPILLER, Rudolf Hermann | Director | 2009-07-29 | 2010-08-19 |
| UCKELE, Dieter Walter | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| WOLFF, Roland | Director | 2004-01-13 | 2006-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jason David Heward | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-05 |
| Dr Andreas Kaufmann | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-05-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.