Poplar Farm Flowers Limited
Registered name: POPLAR FARM FLOWERS LIMITED
Part of Am Fresh Group UK Limited groupPoplar Farm Flowers Limited made £22.7m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Poplar Farm Flowers Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £22.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £2.6m profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of flowers and plants” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 29 Oct 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.4m | £21.9m | £22.2m | £22.2m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £19.1m | −£15.5m | £15.5m | −£14.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £2.8m | £6.6m | £6.6m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £684k | £1.5m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | £502k | £1.4m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £391k | £1.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £391k | £1.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.2m | — | £2.1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 73 | 66 | 66 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 5.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% | 11.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.8% | 12.8% | 30% | 29.9% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £307k | £300k | £336k | £336k | £310k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £15.9k | £34.6k | £34.6k | £35.5k |
| Cash conversion | −252.6% | −81.7% | — | −212.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲1.1% | ▲1.1% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲197.3% | ▲96.5% | ▲96.5% | ▲13.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▼9.6% | ▼9.6% | ▲10.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | — | £1.7m | — |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £5.2m | — | £7.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £4.6m | — | £11.3m | — |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £8.7m | — | £5.1m | — |
| Debtors | £852k | £630k | — | £918k | — |
| Deferred income | £186k | £238k | — | £103k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | — | −£7.1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £310k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.5k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Am Fresh Group UK Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Munoz-Elite Flowers Limited50–75%
- MM Flowers Limited75–100%
- MM Investment Holdings Limited75–100%
- PFF Holdco Limited75–100%
- Poplar Farm Flowers 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 Aug 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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