Hayes Gardenworld Limited
Registered name: HAYES GARDENWORLD LIMITED
Part of Woodthorpe Hall Garden Centres Limited groupHayes Gardenworld Limited made £1.5m revenue and a £675k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Hayes Gardenworld Limited’s revenue fell 85% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £675k and 41 employees. The company is classified under “leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works” and is based in Alford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alford, East Midlands
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.2m | £12.7m | £9.9m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.2m | £9.9m | £6.8m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £318k |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | −£1.9m | −£1.1m | £871k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£2.1m | −£1.4m | £563k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£1.7m | −£870k | −£675k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£1.7m | −£870k | −£675k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £891k |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 114 | 112 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.8% | −13.1% | −8.8% | −45% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 22% | 31.1% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £151k | £111k | £88.6k | £36.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.2k | −£14.6k | −£7.8k | −£16.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 112.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.1% | ▼21.9% | ▼84.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼1.8% | ▼63.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £218k | £48.5k | £229k | £115k |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £8.1m | £7.3m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £9.4m | £10.2m | £10m | £9.4m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £2.6m | £2.6m | £206k |
| Debtors | £13.5k | £11.1k | £14.6k | £6.5k |
| Deferred income | £61.2k | £71.9k | £71.3k | £9.8k |
| Cash from operations | £626k | £691k | £952k | £977k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −45%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 112.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 628.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £115k
- Headcount
- ▼63%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▼86%
- Now £9.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £9.4m
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
- Woodthorpe Hall Garden Centres Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hayes Gardenworld Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Alton Garden Centre LimitedRev. £7.4m · Profit −£652k
- Woodthorpe Leisure Park LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £94.2k
- Ferndale Nursery & Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stamen LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Millbrook Garden Company Ltd.Figures 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 −£675k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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