Bell Brothers Nurseries Limited
Registered name: BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED
Bell Brothers Nurseries Limited made £11.1m revenue and a £513k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Bell Brothers Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £11.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £513k and 110 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of flowers and plants” and is based in Lincolnshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincolnshire, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £9.6m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £6.7m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £2.9m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £340k | £443k | −£78.4k |
| Profit before tax | £218k | £196k | −£463k |
| Profit after tax | £379k | £91k | −£513k |
| Profit (best available) | £379k | £91k | −£513k |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 110 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 0.9% | −4.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 30.1% | 45% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £143k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £5.5k | £1.4k | −£4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▲15.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76% | ▼664.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲64.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £21.7k | £30.8k | £27.9k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.8m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £978k | £792k | £848k |
| Deferred income | £84k | £56.9k | £99.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £27.9k
- Headcount
- ▲64%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- ▲74%
- Now £99.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▲83%
- Now £3.3m
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)
- Bell Brothers Farms LimitedFigures 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 2024 (profit −£513k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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