Hertfordshire Growers Limited
Registered name: HERTFORDSHIRE GROWERS LIMITED
Part of Glinwell Public Limited Company groupHertfordshire Growers Limited made £4.7m revenue and a £340k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Hertfordshire Growers Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £4.7m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £340k and 46 employees. The company is classified under “growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.1m | −£4.1m | −£4.2m |
| Gross profit | −£177k | £52.3k | £514k |
| Operating profit | −£762k | −£571k | −£242k |
| Profit before tax | −£832k | −£655k | −£316k |
| Profit after tax | −£927k | −£696k | −£340k |
| Profit (best available) | −£927k | −£696k | −£340k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 41 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −23.7% | −17% | −7.2% |
| Gross margin | −4.5% | 1.3% | 10.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £112k | £100k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | −£26.5k | −£17k | −£7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲14.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▲12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.4k
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Glinwell Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Hertfordshire Growers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Smallford Land LimitedRev. £20k · Profit £20k
- Hertfordshire Organic Growers LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Glinwell Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit −£340k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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