HD Plants Limited
Registered name: HD PLANTS LIMITED
Part of Burning Sky Limited groupHD Plants Limited made £12.4m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
HD Plants Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £12.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 79 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 company's immediate parent is Fresh Carnation Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £14.1m | £12.7m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £9.4m | £7.7m | — |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £4.7m | £5m | — |
| Operating profit | −£911k | −£3.3m | −£1.1m | −£1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£923k | −£3.5m | −£1.2m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£754k | −£3.5m | −£1.2m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£754k | −£3.5m | −£1.2m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 128 | 93 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | −24.5% | −9.6% | −12.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.7% | 33.3% | 39.4% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £110k | £137k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.4k | −£27k | −£13.1k | −£19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▼9.8% | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▼27.3% | ▼15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £398k | £164k | £177k | £156k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | −£2.4m | −£3.6m | −£5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £941k | £949k | £615k | £316k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £5.7m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Debtors | £36.2k | £47.4k | £13.7k | £15.7k |
| Deferred income | £124k | £373k | £242k | £321k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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 −£5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £156k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £321k
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £316k
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
- Burning Sky Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fresh Carnation Limited75–100%
- HD Plants Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hedges Direct Group LtdFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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