GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£16M
-31.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
+67.2% vs 2024
Employees
430
+30.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
+100.2% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £102,296,000 | £134,368,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £7,671,000 | £15,395,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £8,032,000 | £16,083,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £7,029,000 | £12,021,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | £23,769,000 | £16,232,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £15,390,000 | £26,572,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £15,121,000 | £25,282,000 | |
| Equity | — | — | £15,121,000 | £25,282,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 330 | 430 | |
| Wages | — | — | £17,356,000 | £24,189,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £66,000 | £688,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+31.4%
£102,296,000 £134,368,000
-
Cash
-31.7%
£23,769,000 £16,232,000
-
Net assets
+67.2%
£15,121,000 £25,282,000
-
Employees
+30.3%
330 430
-
Operating profit
+100.7%
£7,671,000 £15,395,000
-
Profit before tax
+100.2%
£8,032,000 £16,083,000
-
Wages
+39.4%
£17,356,000 £24,189,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.5% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 6.9% | 8.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 49.8% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.29x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 530.86x |
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
- GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED 2004-04-01 → present
- GEORGE LESLIE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2003-10-30 → 2004-04-01
- LOTHIAN FIFTY (999) LIMITED 2003-06-27 → 2003-10-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has considerable financial resources and, as a consequence, the directors believe that it is well placed to manage its business risks successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook. Therefore, having made their own assessment of the Company's financial position, the directors believe the Company is well placed to manage it's business risks successfully and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GEORGE LESLIE LIMITED · parent
- George Leslie Plant Limited 100%
- Ashmoon Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Investment in the essential plant, machinery and transport required for core operations has continued, with additions to fixed assets over the year amounting to £3,938,000 (2024 - £2,098,000).”
- “The Company maintains a proactive approach to making a positive contribution within communities where the Company works and during the year, considerable contributions were made to worthy causes.”
- “The Company had £6,000 contracted capital commitments at 31 March 2025 (2024 - £78,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWAN, Graeme | Secretary | 2020-12-31 | — | — |
| BUTLER, Simon | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| COWAN, Graeme | Director | 2024-07-01 | May 1986 | British |
| FRY, Anthony Colin | Director | 2018-10-29 | Aug 1969 | British |
| GAULT, Michael Callum Mackay | Director | 2013-11-04 | Jun 1967 | British |
| NEWLANDS, Andrew | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| ROSS, David Bradford | Director | 2009-07-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARROLL, Peter Cumming | Secretary | 2019-07-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| WHITELAW, Gordon William | Secretary | 2003-09-30 | 2019-07-31 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-06-27 | 2003-09-30 |
| BURROWS, Iain Richard | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2018-09-27 |
| DOHERTY, Neil Patrick | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2021-03-28 |
| FINDLAY, Brian David Mcgill | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2005-05-18 |
| MCCORMACK, John Love | Director | 2003-10-13 | 2009-06-30 |
| MCINTOSH, Donald Gordon | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2011-07-29 |
| MCNAUGHT, John Symington Maurice | Director | 2003-08-15 | 2019-09-17 |
| BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-06-27 | 2003-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gll (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-09-12 | Active |
| Mr Iain Richard Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-06-27 | Ceased 2018-09-27 |
| Mr John Symington Maurice Mcnaught | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-06-27 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
| Mr John Symington Maurice Mcnaught | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-12 |
| Mr Iain Richard Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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.