Gordon Rigg(Nurseries)limited
Registered name: GORDON RIGG(NURSERIES)LIMITED
Gordon Rigg(Nurseries)limited made £12.5m revenue and £239k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Gordon Rigg(Nurseries)limited’s revenue grew 2% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £239k profit and 209 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores” and is based in Todmorden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Todmorden, North West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £12.2m | £12.1m | £12.2m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.3m | £9.9m | £10.2m | £10.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £329k |
| Profit before tax | £122k | £392k | £179k | £337k |
| Profit after tax | £85.4k | £266k | £115k | £239k |
| Profit (best available) | £85.4k | £266k | £115k | £239k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 242 | 221 | 214 | 209 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 18.6% | 16.6% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.6k | £54.9k | £57.1k | £59.7k |
| Profit per employee | £353 | £1.2k | £537 | £1.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −163.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1% | ▲0.8% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲211.2% | ▼56.8% | ▲108.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▼3.2% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7m | £6.9m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £10.6k | £9.3k | £2.2k | £1.9k |
| Deferred income | £61.5k | £101k | £263k | £167k |
| Cash from operations | £364k | −£539k | −£633k | −£538k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −163.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 209
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £167k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £239k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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