Ruskington Garden Centre Limited
Registered name: RUSKINGTON GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Lincolnshire Horticulture Limited groupRuskington Garden Centre Limited made £7.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ruskington Garden Centre Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £7.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 112 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 Sleaford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sleaford, East Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £6.5m | £7m | £7.6m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 93 | 112 | 110 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.8% | 16.1% | 17% | 14.8% |
| Gross margin | 54.9% | 54.4% | 56.2% | 56.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £65k | £57.7k | £63.8k | £67.6k |
| Profit per employee | £14.2k | £9.3k | £10.9k | £10k |
| Cash conversion | −98% | −115.1% | −127.7% | −122% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▲8.7% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21% | ▲14.7% | ▼6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▼1.8% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £6.1m | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £21k | £6.1k | £20.5k | £2k |
| Deferred income | £22.6k | £33.3k | £32.4k | £23.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.5m | −£1.9m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −122%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £23.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £3.7m
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
- Lincolnshire Horticulture Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ruskington Garden Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lincolnshire Horticulture (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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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