LEANDER INTERNATIONAL PET FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
+73.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.8m
+8.7% vs 2024
Employees
33
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.1m
+9.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-06-30 | 2022-02-16 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,626,411 | £19,451,759 | £26,272,020 | £26,486,339 | £24,534,865 | -7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £3,318,514 | £1,870,158 | £3,517,963 | £3,651,796 | £4,042,823 | +10.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,319,112 | £1,870,543 | £3,551,566 | £3,722,181 | £4,083,156 | +9.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,685,504 | £1,519,605 | £3,016,642 | £2,879,959 | £3,926,046 | +36.3% | |
| Cash | £9,965,992 | £1,391,216 | £1,961,536 | £2,628,113 | £4,555,834 | +73.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,164,171 | £5,027,767 | £6,503,513 | £7,186,496 | £7,805,976 | +8.6% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,490,748 | £7,170,707 | £7,796,753 | +8.7% | |
| Equity | £18,164,171 | £5,027,767 | £6,490,748 | £7,170,707 | £7,796,753 | +8.7% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 39 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,367,115 | £1,351,901 | £1,701,355 | £1,633,334 | £1,623,405 | -0.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,010,776 | £638,865 | £202,008 | £236,927 | £254,979 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £67,323 | £13,478 | £13,617 | +1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £121,990 | £140,730 | £144,324 | +2.6% |
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 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-02-16 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 9.6% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 7.8% | 11.5% | 10.9% | 16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | 37.2% | 54.1% | 50.8% | 51.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 30.1% | 17.0% | 14.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.31x | 5.89x | 6.70x |
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
- LEANDER INTERNATIONAL PET FOODS LIMITED 1996-09-26 → present
- LEYANDER INTERNATIONAL PET FOODS LIMITED 1996-04-22 → 1996-09-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNELLAN, Ruth Kathryn | Secretary | 2022-10-14 | — | — |
| CONNELLAN, Ruth Kathryn | Director | 2023-12-14 | Nov 1963 | British |
| CRAIG, Robert | Director | 2023-12-14 | Jan 1990 | British |
| HIERLING, Marco | Director | 2022-02-16 | Jun 1982 | German |
| JESWANI, Kumar Jeswani | Director | 2022-08-16 | Aug 1981 | Spanish |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSE, Stephen Mark | Secretary | 1996-04-22 | 1996-08-30 |
| STEPHENS, Wendy Patricia | Secretary | 1996-08-28 | 2022-02-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-22 | 1996-04-22 |
| ADAMS, Paul | Director | 2010-10-27 | 2017-05-10 |
| DYKES, Philip | Director | 2022-08-16 | 2023-12-13 |
| ROSE, Paul Anthony | Director | 1996-04-22 | 1996-08-28 |
| ROSE, Stephen Mark | Director | 1996-04-22 | 1996-08-30 |
| STEPHENS, Emma Jane | Director | 1998-10-12 | 2022-08-16 |
| STEPHENS, Graham Robert | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2009-11-10 |
| STEPHENS, Jon Richard | Director | 1998-10-12 | 2017-06-30 |
| STEPHENS, Wendy Patricia | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2022-02-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphapet Uk Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-02-16 | Active |
| Mrs Wendy Patricia Stephens | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-27 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-27 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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.