LEEKES LIMITED
Company number 00563751 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Leekes Limited presents a mixed risk profile: a well-capitalised, long-established family retail business with strong property backing and supportive banking facilities, but one experiencing significant near-term profitability pressure and persistently thin cash reserves. The transition to a pre-tax loss of £1.11m, combined with a 60% EBITDA decline and unexplained balance sheet volatility of approximately £24m, elevates concern beyond what the substantial net asset position would otherwise warrant. Post-year-end trading improvements and new store pipeline offer some reassurance, but the sustainability of margins in a challenging consumer environment remains the key variable for ongoing financial stability.
Shareholders' funds
£27,812,894
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the operation of home department stores in out-of-town locations.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1956-03-29
- Employees
- 459 (2025 accounts · was 458 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Mwyndy Business Park, Mwyndy, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, CF72 8PN
- Postcode
- CF72 8PN
- Capital
- 981,202 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 20 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-05
- Next due by
- 2027-06-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Officers 11 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by J.H. LEEKE AND SONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-03-31) as part of the J.H. LEEKE AND SONS LIMITED group statement — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5859153 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
6.4%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- leekes.uk
- Phone
- 02075203800, 03332224120, 03332413209
From leading brand furniture to quality kitchens & bathrooms plus the finishing touches. You’re bound to find something you'll love for your home at Leekes
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| J.H.LEEKE AND SONS LIMITED | 2005-05-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 188 similar companies in CF
The largest employer among its local peers (459 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1956.
No.1 of the largest other retail sale in non-specialised stores companies in Cardiff →
Competitors Cardiff
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale in non-specialised stores in Cardiff.
Property in England & Wales 16 titles
- Freehold
- 14
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-07-17
- Where
- Worcestershire (4), Rhondda Cynon Taff (3), Wiltshire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM872179 | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Leasehold | 2023-07-17 | — |
| BL163177 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2022-11-21 | — |
| WR138076 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2011-11-11 | — |
| WR137896 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2011-11-01 | — |
| WM59647 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2010-03-03 | — |
| CYM456388 | The Vale Of Glamorgan | Freehold | 2009-07-22 | — |
| CYM271235 | Carmarthenshire | Freehold | 2009-05-19 | — |
| CYM271848 | Carmarthenshire | Freehold | 2009-05-19 | — |
| CYM182141 | The Vale Of Glamorgan | Freehold | 2004-06-08 | — |
| WR62833 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2001-11-05 | — |
| WR62834 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2001-11-05 | — |
| WT123698 | Wiltshire | Freehold | 1993-07-27 | — |
| WT109761 | Wiltshire | Freehold | 1992-01-30 | — |
| WT95772 | Wiltshire | Freehold | 1990-09-17 | — |
| WA488893 | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Freehold | 1989-06-26 | — |
| WA279834 | Rhondda Cynon Taff | Freehold | 1984-06-19 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.