Garden King Limited
Registered name: GARDEN KING LIMITED
Part of Ingram Retailing Limited groupGarden King Limited made £4.4m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Garden King Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £366k profit and 81 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 Tamworth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tamworth, West Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £3.2m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.7m | £2m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.5m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £58.3k | £623k |
| Profit before tax | — | £10.2k | £513k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£29k | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£29k | £366k |
| Staff costs | — | £835k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 64 | 81 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −0.9% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 46.6% | 55.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £50.7k | £54.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£453 | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲36.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲68.4% | ▲26.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £236k | £267k | £507k |
| Net assets | £962k | £933k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £184 | £7.2k | £1.4k |
| Deferred income | — | £16.7k | £8.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 94%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲90%
- Now £507k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £8.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.2m
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
- Ingram Retailing Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Garden King Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Planters Garden Centre LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £615k
- Every Occasion Cardshop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pacific N Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pacific Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Planters Bretby 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 2024 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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