Longacres Garden Centre Limited
Registered name: LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
Longacres Garden Centre Limited made £61.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Longacres Garden Centre Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £61.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 678 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 Bagshot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bagshot, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51m | £56.9m | £61.2m | £61.9m |
| Cost of sales | £34.3m | £38.4m | £40m | £39.3m |
| Gross profit | £16.8m | £18.5m | £21.2m | £22.6m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.2m | £1.5m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £563k | £1.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £323k | £446k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £323k | £446k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £10.7m | £12.3m | £12.3m |
| Employees (average) | 564 | 614 | 650 | 678 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.9% | 32.5% | 34.6% | 36.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £90.5k | £92.7k | £94.1k | £91.3k |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £526 | £686 | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | 84.5% | 204.5% | −64.7% | −253.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.5% | ▲7.5% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼82.6% | ▲37.9% | ▲149.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▲5.9% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £3.4m | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £25.4m | £25.4m | £24.2m | £24.6m |
| Fixed assets | £20.4m | £25.2m | £23m | £22.5m |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £12.1m | £10.6m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.6m | £819k | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £65k | £380k | £388k | £759k |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | £2.5m | −£941k | −£6.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −253.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 36.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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 £24.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 678
- Deferred income
- ▲96%
- Now £759k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £22.5m
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)
- Caffe Amore 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 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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