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Company No. 01259037 · Incorporated 18 May 1976

Hollybush Nurseries Limited

Registered name: HOLLYBUSH NURSERIES LIMITED

Part of Laney Green Holdings Limited group

Hollybush Nurseries Limited made £6.3m revenue and a £222k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text

Hollybush Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £6.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £222k and 104 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Shareshill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Status
Active
Location
Shareshill, West Midlands
Age
50 yrs · since 1976
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 Laney Green Holdings Limited as the company's ultimate parent undertakings, whose registered office is West Point, Second Floor, Mucklow Office Park, Mucklow Hill, Halesowen, B62 ”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Doing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£6.3m
Growth ▲1.3%
Profit
−£222k
Growth —
Profit margin
−3.5%
Gross 6.1%
Employees
104
Change ▼8%
Profit / employee
−£2.1k
Revenue/employee £60.3k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6.3m£6.5m£6.2m£6.3m
Cost of sales£6m£6.1m£6m£5.9m
Gross profit£312k£420k£208k£383k
Operating profit£139k£139k−£227k−£256k
Profit before tax£139k£134k−£232k−£262k
Profit after tax£172k£8.5k−£180k−£222k
Profit (best available)£172k£8.5k−£180k−£222k
Staff costs£1.8m£1.9m£2.2m£2.3m
Employees (average)98106113104
Ratios
Profit margin2.7%0.1%−2.9%−3.5%
Gross margin4.9%6.5%3.4%6.1%
Revenue per employee£64.5k£61.4k£54.8k£60.3k
Profit per employee£1.8k£80−£1.6k−£2.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲3.1%▼4.8%▲1.3%
Profit growth—▼95%▼2216%—
Headcount growth—▲8.2%▲6.6%▼8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£194k£69.2k£84.2k£126k
Net assets£11.9m£11.9m£11.7m£11.5m
Fixed assets£13.1m£13.1m£13m£12.9m
Current assets£3.2m£3.7m£3.7m£4.4m
Debtors£6.3k£52.8k£46k£341k
Deferred income£13.5k£98.5k£56.7k£132k
Cash from operations——−£338k−£318k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
6.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£60.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£2.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
205.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼2%
Now £11.5m
Cash at bank
▲49%
Now £126k
Headcount
▼8%
Now 104
Deferred income
▲133%
Now £132k
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £12.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Laney Green Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Hollybush Nurseries Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (4)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£222k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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