{"name":"LEEKES LIMITED","company_number":"00563751","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1956-03-29","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Mwyndy Business Park, Mwyndy, Pontyclun, Mid Glamorgan, CF72 8PN","postcode":"CF72 8PN","sic_codes":[{"code":47190,"description":"Other retail sale in non-specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the operation of home department stores in out-of-town locations.","previous_names":[{"name":"J.H.LEEKE AND SONS LIMITED","changed_on":"2005-05-23"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":459,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","profit_loss":-1088591,"net_assets":27812894,"cash":610744,"average_employees":459},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","profit_loss":742170,"net_assets":28920235,"cash":0,"average_employees":458},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":28213565,"cash":208446},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":26015083,"cash":1358143},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","turnover":41881448,"net_assets":22106512,"cash":1848598}],"officers":{"current":11,"resigned":2,"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":21,"outstanding":20},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.leekes.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/leekes","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00563751","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/leekes/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/leekes"}