Beetham Nurseries Limited
Registered name: BEETHAM NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of Beetham Nurseries Holdings Limited groupBeetham Nurseries Limited made £5.7m revenue and £215k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Beetham Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £5.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £215k profit and 83 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 Milnthorpe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milnthorpe, North West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £841k | £523k | £594k | £432k |
| Profit before tax | £774k | £459k | £481k | £311k |
| Profit after tax | £635k | £414k | £365k | £215k |
| Profit (best available) | £635k | £414k | £365k | £215k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 75 | 81 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.2% | 8% | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 51.2% | 53.1% | 53.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £81k | £69k | £68k | £68.2k |
| Profit per employee | £9.9k | £5.5k | £4.5k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲6.5% | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.8% | ▼11.7% | ▼41.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲8% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £725k | £380k | £371k | £463k |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £312 | £1k | £1.7k |
| Deferred income | £49.4k | £46.7k | £26k | £36.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £463k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £36.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.2m
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
- Beetham Nurseries Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Beetham Nurseries 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £215k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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