The Flower Connection Limited
Registered name: THE FLOWER CONNECTION LIMITED
The Flower Connection Limited made £13.9m revenue and £189k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Flower Connection Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £189k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of flowers and plants” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.4m | £13.4m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.5m | £9.8m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £91.6k | £663k | £330k |
| Profit before tax | — | £51.6k | £639k | £303k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£12.8k | £441k | £189k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£12.8k | £441k | £189k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.2m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 71 | 62 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −0.1% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.5% | 27.1% | 27.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £202k | £216k | £224k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£180 | £7.1k | £3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −1735% | −35.6% | −190.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼57.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44.9% | ▼12.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £457k | £603k | £647k | £559k |
| Net assets | £331k | £165k | £423k | £450k |
| Fixed assets | £587k | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £768k | £827k | £706k | £705k |
| Deferred income | — | £5.5k | £27k | £26k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.6m | −£236k | −£628k |
| 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
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −190.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £450k
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £559k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £26k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- GT Flowers LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 £189k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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