LEO TEXTILES LIMITED
Company number 01553406 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Leo Textiles Limited is in strong financial health, with growing turnover, net assets of £16.0 million, and cash reserves that have risen from £58,000 in 2022 to £3.1 million in 2025. The company carries modest liabilities relative to its assets and shows no current signs of financial distress. The outlook is positive, though concentrated ownership and manufacturing sector exposure warrant ongoing monitoring.
Shareholders' funds
£16,010,218
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is manufacture and sale of clothing
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-03-27
- Employees
- 62 (2025 accounts · was 56 in 2024)
- Registered office
- LEO WORKWEAR, 1 Whiddon Drive, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8RY
- Postcode
- EX32 8RY
- Capital
- 4,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-27
- Next due by
- 2027-11-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 14120 Manufacture of workwear
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA660685 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- leotextiles.co.uk
- Phone
- 01271 378904
For 40 years, we have specialised in the design and manufacture of high visibility clothing, culminating in what is probably the most comprehensive range of high-visibility garments available in the UK.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PLATESOUND LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PRINCESS STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7EU | 2012-10-18 |
| DERBY WORKS, VICARAGE STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON EX 32 7HA | 1995-11-21 |
| 18 BEAR STREET, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX32 7BX | 1988-09-29 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 8 similar companies in EX
The largest employer among its local peers (62 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1981.
Competitors Exeter
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of workwear in Exeter.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,484 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2012-07-04
- Where
- Devon
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DN308096 | Devon | Freehold | 2012-07-04 | — |
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