The Green House Sussex Ltd
Registered name: THE GREEN HOUSE SUSSEX LTD
Part of Pollards Nurseries Limited groupThe Green House Sussex Ltd made £12.5m revenue and a £160k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
The Green House Sussex Ltd’s revenue grew 28% to £12.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £160k and 100 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Bognor Regis; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bognor Regis, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Green House Sussex Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.8m | £8.1m | £9.8m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £7.1m | £8.8m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £979k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £287k | £258k | −£973k | −£340k |
| Profit before tax | £287k | £258k | −£923k | −£235k |
| Profit after tax | £126k | £197k | −£867k | −£160k |
| Profit (best available) | £126k | £197k | −£867k | −£160k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 114 | 105 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 2.4% | −8.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 12.1% | 10.7% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.1k | £71.1k | £93.3k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £961 | £1.7k | −£8.3k | −£1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −6% | −349.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▲21% | ▲27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲56.2% | ▼540.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13% | ▼7.9% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £186k | £693k | £410k | £526k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.2m | £354k | £194k |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £221k | £370k | £427k |
| Deferred income | £12.1k | £10.3k | £367k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£17.2k | −£902k | £899k | −£211k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £194k
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £526k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pollards Nurseries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Green House Sussex Holdings Ltd75–100%
- The Green House Sussex Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£160k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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