Whitehall Garden Centres Limited
Registered name: WHITEHALL GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED
Part of Whitehall Garden Centre (Holdings) Limited groupWhitehall Garden Centres Limited made £14.5m revenue and a £330k loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Whitehall Garden Centres Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £14.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £330k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Wilts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wilts, South West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.2m | £18.9m | £16.2m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £12.4m | £9.7m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £6.4m | £6.5m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £182k | −£1.5m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £168k | −£1.6m | −£519k | −£444k |
| Profit after tax | £128k | −£1.3m | −£447k | −£330k |
| Profit (best available) | £128k | −£1.3m | −£447k | −£330k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 177 | 214 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | −7% | −2.8% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 39.5% | 34.1% | 40.1% | 44.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £88.1k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £722 | −£6.2k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▼14.1% | ▼10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1134% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.9% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £365k | £433k | £284k | £247k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £135k | −£311k | −£641k |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £8m | £5.7m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £26.9k | £118k | £26.7k | £28.7k |
| Deferred income | £543k | £505k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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 −£641k
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £247k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Whitehall Garden Centre (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Whitehall Group (Wessex) Limited75–100%
- Whitehall Garden Centres Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Elden (Lacock) 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 May 2025 (profit −£330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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