FGC Holdings Ltd
Registered name: FGC HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Blue Diamond UK Limited groupFGC Holdings Ltd made £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
FGC Holdings Ltd reported £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 2 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £11.9m | £144k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £900k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £10.4m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £8.2m | −£7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £900k
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲132%
- Now £10.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Blue Diamond UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- FGC Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Frosts Garden Centre LimitedRev. £10.7m · Profit −£29.5k
Sister companies (8)
- Beckworth LimitedRev. £11.4m · Profit £363k
- Western Forestry Company LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £265k
- B.grange Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blackdown Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chatsworth Garden Centre LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Fosseway Garden Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Van Hage & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yarnton Nurseries LLPFigures 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 Jul 2023 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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