LESLIES MOTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£648
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.4m
+5.6% vs 2024
Employees
85
-1.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£58k
+138.3% first positive since 2024
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 | £41,239,275 | £40,788,637 | £39,289,994 | -3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £541,014 | £367,326 | £553,996 | +50.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £71,142 | -£152,632 | £58,411 | +138.3% | |
| Net profit | £33,911 | -£131,966 | £75,261 | +157% | |
| Cash | £628 | £648 | £648 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,438,628 | £3,311,767 | £2,600,025 | -21.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,483,828 | £1,351,862 | £1,427,123 | +5.6% | |
| Equity | £1,483,828 | £1,351,862 | £1,427,123 | +5.6% | |
| Average employees | 93 | 86 | 85 | -1.2% | |
| Wages | £2,586,005 | £2,524,307 | £2,658,932 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £200,651 | £196,059 | £198,020 | +1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,955 | £3,787 | £7,631 | +101.5% |
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 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | -0.3% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | 11.1% | 21.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.9% | 87.9% | 85.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.94x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 0.71x | 1.12x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- LESLIES MOTORS LIMITED 2017-08-21 → present
- LESLIES HOLDINGS LIMITED 2016-12-12 → 2017-08-21
- NEWCUSTOMS LIMITED 2016-11-11 → 2016-12-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bright Brown Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- LESLIES MOTORS LIMITED · parent
- Leslie's Service Station Limited 100%
- Leslie's Car Sales (I.O.W.) Limited 100%
- Leslies (Ventnor) Limited 100%
- Leslies Isle of Wight Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANASSCHE, Louis | Secretary | 2016-12-12 | — | — |
| VANASSCHE, Graham Leslie | Director | 2016-12-12 | Jan 1961 | English |
| VANASSCHE, Jessica | Director | 2016-12-12 | Apr 1994 | British |
| VANASSCHE, Louis | Director | 2016-12-12 | Aug 1991 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROUND, Jonathon Charles | Director | 2016-11-11 | 2016-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham Leslie Vanassche | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-23 | Active |
| York Place Company Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-11 | Ceased 2016-12-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 38 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-03-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2019-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2019-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.