Fresh Carnation Limited
Registered name: FRESH CARNATION LIMITED
Part of Burning Sky Limited groupFresh Carnation Limited made £12.4m revenue and a £567k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Fresh Carnation Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £12.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £567k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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. From the filing: “Mr S Caunce is the ultimate controlling party by virtue of his majority shareholding in the ultimate parent company, Burning Sky Limited, a company”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £14.1m | £12.7m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £9.4m | £7.7m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£3.4m | −£4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£6m | −£4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£10.2m | −£567k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£10.2m | −£567k |
| Staff costs | £490k | £460k | £442k | £573k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7% | −8.3% | −80% | −4.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 39.4% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.4m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | −£169k | −£167k | −£1.7m | −£94.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▼9.8% | ▼2.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6k | £279 | £1.9k | £54 |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £5.6m | £16.7m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £665k | £601k | £14.1m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £1.6k | £298 | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £14k | £14k | £10k | £64.1k |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £2.4m | £3.5m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£94.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 113.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼54%
- Now £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £54
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲541%
- Now £64.1k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £14.1m
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
- Burning Sky Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fresh Carnation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- HD Plants LimitedRev. £12.4m · Profit −£1.5m
- Hedges Direct Group LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Valuelights Holdings LimitedRev. £20.6m · Profit −£8.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£567k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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