{"name":"LEDA PROPERTIES LIMITED","company_number":"01257376","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1976-05-06","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"2 Bignell Park Barns, Chesterton, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, OX26 1TD","postcode":"OX26 1TD","sic_codes":[{"code":1110,"description":"Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds"},{"code":45320,"description":"Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories"},{"code":68100,"description":"Buying and selling of own real estate"},{"code":68209,"description":"Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company during the year was retail sale of fuel, tyres, exhausts, batteries plus garage related services, commercial farming, sale of development land and the receipt of rents from property investments.","previous_names":[{"name":"SOVEREIGN TYRE COMPANY LIMITED","changed_on":"1996-04-16"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Group","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":28,"accounts_date":"2024-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":12234646,"profit_loss":11479372,"net_assets":36767041,"cash":5781345,"average_employees":28},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":15624563,"profit_loss":2368949,"net_assets":25287669,"cash":5810872,"average_employees":30},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":12052001,"net_assets":30958705,"cash":3968448},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":28914071,"cash":2235829},{"financial_date":"2020-03-31","net_assets":28189841,"cash":1001557}],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":6,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":11,"outstanding":10},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Leda Properties Limited is a well-capitalised, family-controlled diversified estate group that has navigated the rising interest rate environment through decisive asset disposal—selling part of its Apethorpe farm holding to reduce total liabilities by 61.5% and transform its balance sheet from moderately leveraged to conservatively positioned. While turnover declined 21.7% year-on-year due to the non-recurrence of the farm sale, net assets surged 45.3% to £36.8M, reflecting both the disposal gain and debt reduction. The business faces structural headwinds in its farming and automotive retail divisions, but its property investment and development operations—located in the strategically attractive Oxfordshire growth corridor—provide the primary value creation engine. The directors' candid risk warnings around interest rates and cash flow sustainability warrant close monitoring, though the current liquidity position of £5.8M cash and minimal gearing provides meaningful defensive capacity.","website":"http://ledaproperties.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/leda-properties","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01257376","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leda-properties/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/leda-properties"}