Azure Garden Centre Limited
Registered name: AZURE GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
Part of The Azure Charitable Foundation groupAzure Garden Centre Limited made £4.3m revenue and £659k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Azure Garden Centre Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £659k profit and 41 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 Northumberland; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northumberland, North East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.8m | −£2m | −£2.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £498k | £463k | £659k |
| Profit before tax | £498k | £463k | £659k |
| Profit after tax | £498k | £463k | £659k |
| Profit (best available) | £498k | £463k | £659k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 38 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 12.7% | 15.4% |
| Gross margin | 44.9% | 46.2% | 46.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.9k | £95.7k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £13.5k | £12.2k | £16.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲18% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7% | ▲42.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% | ▲7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Azure Charitable Foundation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Azure Garden Centre Limitedthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £659k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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