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Company No. 07992560 · Incorporated 15 Mar 2012

The Garden and Home Trading Company Limited

Registered name: THE GARDEN AND HOME TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

Part of Pge II (SC) Limited group

The Garden and Home Trading Company Limited made £20.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

The Garden and Home Trading Company Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Status
Active
Location
Preston, North West
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£20.8m
Growth ▼0.8%
Profit
£1.5m
Growth ▲1.4%
Profit margin
7.3%
Gross 38%
Employees
37
Change ▼14%
Profit / employee
£41k
Revenue/employee £561k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£16.6m£18.9m£20.9m£20.8m
Cost of sales£9.2m£11.8m£13.1m£12.9m
Gross profit£7.3m£7.2m£7.8m£7.9m
Operating profit£1.9m£1.7m£2m£2m
Profit before tax£1.7m£1.8m£2m£2m
Profit after tax£1.3m£1.4m£1.5m£1.5m
Profit (best available)£1.3m£1.4m£1.5m£1.5m
Staff costs£912k£1m£1.1m£1.1m
Employees (average)46454337
Ratios
Profit margin8.1%7.3%7.1%7.3%
Gross margin44.3%37.9%37.3%38%
Revenue per employee£360k£421k£487k£561k
Profit per employee£29.2k£30.6k£34.7k£41k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14.3%▲10.6%▼0.8%
Profit growth—▲2.4%▲8.4%▲1.4%
Headcount growth—▼2.2%▼4.4%▼14%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.6m£2.4m£3.7m£4.1m
Net assets£2.9m£4m£5.2m£6.4m
Fixed assets£104k£232k£206k£436k
Current assets£5.2m£5.1m£6.3m£7.7m
Debtors£140k£350k£391k£496k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
38%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£561k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£41k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲23%
Now £6.4m
Cash at bank
▲11%
Now £4.1m
Headcount
▼14%
Now 37
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
▲111%
Now £436k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Pge II (SC) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Panoramic Growth Equity (GP3) LLP50–75%
  3. Finch Newco Limited75–100%
  4. GHTC (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  5. The Garden and Home Trading Company Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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 £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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