Potting Shed Bar and Gardens Limited
Registered name: POTTING SHED BAR AND GARDENS LIMITED
Part of Thompson Taraz Group PLC groupPotting Shed Bar and Gardens Limited made £5m revenue and a £468k loss in the year to 28 Sep 2025.
Potting Shed Bar and Gardens Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £5m in the year to 28 Sep 2025, with a loss of £468k and 100 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Farnborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Farnborough, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 29 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 29 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.9m | −£1.8m | −£1.8m | −£1.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£329k | −£117k | −£117k | −£468k |
| Profit before tax | −£329k | −£117k | −£117k | −£468k |
| Profit after tax | −£329k | −£117k | −£117k | −£468k |
| Profit (best available) | −£329k | −£117k | −£117k | −£468k |
| Employees (average) | 134 | 112 | 112 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.3% | −2.2% | −2.2% | −9.4% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 66.2% | 66.2% | 66.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £39k | £47.2k | £47.2k | £49.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | −£1k | −£1k | −£4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | — | ▼5.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.4% | — | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.7k
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Thompson Taraz Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Thompson Taraz Depositary Limited75–100%
- TT Nominees Limited75–100%
- Pulford Trading Limited75–100%
- PSTL Topco Limited75–100%
- Potting Shed Bar and Gardens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Sep 2025 (profit −£468k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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