Rowlinson Garden Products Limited
Registered name: ROWLINSON GARDEN PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of Rowlinson Consolidated Ltd groupRowlinson Garden Products Limited made £13.2m revenue and a £865k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Rowlinson Garden Products Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £865k and 67 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Nantwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nantwich, North West
- Age
- 80 yrs · since 1946
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The directors regard Rowlinson Consolidated Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, as the ultimate controlling party. Rowlinson Consolidated Limited is under the control of the Trustees”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £14.2m | £12.3m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £16.7m | £12.2m | £10.9m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £1m | −£397k | −£974k | −£906k |
| Profit before tax | £959k | −£551k | −£985k | −£903k |
| Profit after tax | £965k | −£537k | −£989k | −£865k |
| Profit (best available) | £965k | −£537k | −£989k | −£865k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 63 | 63 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | −3.8% | −8% | −6.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 13.9% | 11.5% | 12% |
| Revenue per employee | £255k | £226k | £196k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | −£8.5k | −£15.7k | −£12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▼13.2% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼155.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.3% | 0% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.2k | £54.6k | £166k | £196k |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £8.4m | £7.4m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £682k | £675k | £659k | £601k |
| Current assets | £12.1m | £8.8m | £8m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £677k | £458k | £463k | £420k |
| Deferred income | £717k | £417k | £445k | £449k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼12%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £196k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £449k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £601k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rowlinson Consolidated Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Rowlinson Garden Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Rowlinson Packaging LimitedRev. £12m · Profit £614k
- Rowlinson Packaging (South) LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit £1m
- Alexandra Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rowlinson Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rowlinson Timber LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£865k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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