East Coast Nursery Limited
Registered name: EAST COAST NURSERY LIMITED
Part of The East Coast Group Limited groupEast Coast Nursery Limited made £3.2m revenue and a £570k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
East Coast Nursery Limited’s revenue was £3.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £570k and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials” and is based in Norwich; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Norwich, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | £151k | −£138k |
| Operating profit | −£273k | −£578k |
| Profit before tax | −£274k | −£570k |
| Profit after tax | −£274k | −£570k |
| Profit (best available) | −£274k | −£570k |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −7.3% | −18% |
| Gross margin | 4% | −4.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £74.7k | £96.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.5k | −£17.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £169k | £727k |
| Net assets | £649k | £78.7k |
| Fixed assets | £27.9k | £11k |
| Current assets | £2m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £562k | £222k |
| Deferred income | £12.6k | £12.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −4.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- —
- Now £78.7k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £727k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £12.1k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £11k
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
- The East Coast Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- East Coast Nursery Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bebecar (UK) LimitedLiquidationRev. £1.3m · Profit −£638k
- East Coast Plastics LimitedLiquidationRev. £179k · Profit −£173k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit −£570k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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